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Genesis 17:3-5
Good News Translation
Genesis 17:3-5
Good News Translation
3 Abram bowed down with his face touching the ground, and God said, 4 “I make this covenant with you: I promise that you will be the ancestor of many nations. 5 (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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- Genesis 17:5 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “ancestor of many nations.”
Genesis 17:3-5
King James Version
Genesis 17:3-5
King James Version
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
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