Your name will no longer be Abram;[a] your name will be Abraham,[b] for I will make you the father of many nations.(A) I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.

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  1. 17:5 = The Father Is Exalted
  2. 17:5 = Father of a Multitude

No longer will you be called Abram[a]; your name will be Abraham,[b](A) for I have made you a father of many nations.(B) I will make you very fruitful;(C) I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.(D)

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  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father.
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham probably means father of many.

10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; you will no longer be named Jacob, but your name will be Israel.”(A) So he named him Israel. 11 God also said to him, “I am God Almighty.(B) Be fruitful and multiply.(C) A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you,(D) and kings will descend from you.[a](E)

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  1. 35:11 Lit will come from your loins

10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob,[a] but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.[b](A) So he named him Israel.

11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty[c];(B) be fruitful and increase in number.(C) A nation(D) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.(E)

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  1. Genesis 35:10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
  2. Genesis 35:10 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
  3. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El-Shaddai