Genesis 17:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.

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  • Neh 9:7 : 7 You are Yahweh the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,
  • Gen 17:15 : 15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 He said, "Your name will no longer be called 'Jacob,' but, 'Israel,' for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
  • Isa 62:2-4 : 2 The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of Yahweh shall name. 3 You shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. 4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married.
  • Rom 4:17 : 17 As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna,{Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for "What is it?". See Exodus 11:7-9.} and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
  • Isa 65:15 : 15 You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name:
  • Jer 20:3 : 3 It happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.
  • Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
  • Matt 1:21-23 : 21 She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins." 22 Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, And shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" Which is, being interpreted, "God with us."
  • John 1:42 : 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).
  • Num 13:16 : 16 These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
  • 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh's sake.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 17:2-4
    3 verses
    86%

    2I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

    3Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

    4"As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Gen 17:6-9
    4 verses
    85%

    6I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

    7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

    8I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

    9God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

  • Gen 17:15-16
    2 verses
    82%

    15God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

    16I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

  • Gen 12:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.

    2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

  • Gen 17:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac.{Isaac means "he laughs."} I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

    20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

    21But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year."

  • 1 Chr 1:27
    78%

    27Abram (the same is Abraham).

  • Gen 35:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.

    11God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your loins.

  • Gen 18:18
    75%

    18seeing that Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

  • Heb 6:14
    74%

    14saying, "Most surely I will bless you, and I will surely multiply you."

  • Gen 22:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

    17that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

    18In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

  • Rom 4:17
    73%

    17As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

    4I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

  • Gen 15:5
    73%

    5Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."

  • Heb 11:18
    73%

    18even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

  • Isa 51:2
    73%

    2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

  • Josh 24:3
    72%

    3I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

  • Gen 13:17
    71%

    17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you."

  • Gen 15:3
    71%

    3Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."

  • Rom 9:7
    71%

    7Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."

  • Gen 21:13
    71%

    13Also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is your seed."

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

    4and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."