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(A)Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham,[a] because I am making you the ancestor of many nations.

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  1. Genesis 17:5 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “ancestor of many nations.”

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)

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