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)

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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)

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

28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,”(A) he said. “It will be Israel[a] because you have struggled with God(B) and with men and have prevailed.”

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  1. 32:28 In Hb, the name Israel sounds like “he struggled (with) God.”

28 Then the man said, “Your name(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(C)

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  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.