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Genesis 17:4-6
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 17:4-6
Contemporary English Version
4-5 (A) I promise that you will be the father of many nations. So now I'm changing your name from Abram to Abraham.[a] 6 I will give you a lot of descendants, and they will become great nations. Some of them will even be kings.
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- 17.4,5 Abraham: In Hebrew “Abraham” sounds like “father of many nations.”
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