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Your name will not be Abram anymore, but your name will be Abraham,[a] for I have made you the father of a large group of nations. I will make you extremely fruitful, and I will produce nations from you. Kings will come out of you. I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you as an everlasting covenant throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

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  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram and Abraham are variants of the same name. Both mean exalted father, but Abraham sounds more like the Hebrew for 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) I will establish my covenant(E) as an everlasting covenant(F) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God(G) and the God of your descendants after you.(H)

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