GEN 17:5 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) so you’ll no longer be called ‘Abram’, but now your name will be ‘Abraham’ (which means ‘father of many nations’) because I’m making you the father of many nations.

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And your name will not be called Abram anymore, but your name will be Abraham, because I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

UST So your name will no longer be Abram. Rather, from now on it will be Abraham, because you will be the ancestor of many people groups.

BSB No longer will you be called Abram,[fn] but your name will be Abraham,[fn] for I have made you a father of many nations.[fn]

17:5 Abram means exalted father.

17:5 Abraham means father of many.

17:5 Cited in Romans 4:17

OEB Neither will your name any longer be Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

WEB Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

NET No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

LSV and your name is no longer called Abram, but your name has been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made you;

FBV so your name won't be Abram any longer. Instead, your name will be Abraham[fn] because I'm going to make you the father of many nations.

17:5 The name change is usually interpreted to be from Abram (“exalted father”) to Abraham (“father of many”).

T4T And no longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham, which means ‘father of many nations,’ because the people of many nations will descend from you.

LEB Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

BBE No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

MOF No MOF GEN book available

JPS Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

ASV Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

DRA Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

YLT and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;

DBY And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

RV Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

WBS 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.

KJB 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.[fn]
(Neither shall thy/your name any more be called Abram, but thy/your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.)

17.5 Abraham: that is, Father of a great multitude

BB Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe called Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
(Neither shall thy/your name any more be called Abram, but thy/your name shall be called Abraham: for a father of many nations have I made thee.)

GNV Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
(Neither shall thy/your name any more be called Abram, but thy/your name shall be Abraham: for a father of many nations have I made thee. )

CB Therfore shalt thou nomore be called Abram, but thy name shal be Abraham: For I haue made the a father of many nacions,
(Therfore shalt thou/you nomore be called Abram, but thy/your name shall be Abraham: For I have made the a father of many nations,)

WYC and thi name schal no more be clepid Abram, but thou schalt be clepid Abraham, for Y haue maad thee fadir of many folkis;
(and thy/your name shall no more be called Abram, but thou/you shalt be called Abraham, for I have made thee father of many folks/people;)

LUT Darum sollst du nicht mehr Abram heißen, sondern Abraham soll dein Name sein; denn ich habe dich gemacht vieler Völker Vater.
(Therefore should you not mehr Abram heißen, rather Abraham should your Name sein; because I have you/yourself made vieler Völker Vater.)

CLV Nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram, sed appellaberis Abraham: quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.[fn]
(Nec ultra vocabitur nomen your Abram, but appellaberis Abraham: because patrem multarum gentium constitui you(sg).)

17.5 Nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram. HIERON. Dicunt Hebræi quod Deus ex nomine suo, quod apud illos tetragrammaton est, h litteram Abrahæ, et Saræ addiderit. Dicebatur autem Abram, quod est pater excelsus; postea dictus est Abraham, quod est pater multarum, nam gentium in nomine non habetur, sed subauditur. Nec mirandum quod cum apud Græcos et nos a littera videatur addita, h littera addita dicatur: idioma enim Hebrææ linguæ h consuevit scribere et a legere: sicut econtrario, h pronuntiare et a scribere.

17.5 Nec ultra vocabitur nomen your Abram. HIERON. Dicunt Hebræi that God ex nomine suo, that apud those tetragrammaton it_is, h litteram Abrahæ, and Saræ addiderit. Dicebatur however Abram, that it_is pater excelsus; postea dictus it_is Abraham, that it_is pater multarum, nam gentium in nomine not/no habetur, but subauditur. Nec mirandum that when/with apud Græcos and nos a littera videatur addita, h littera addita dicatur: idioma because Hebrææ linguæ h consuevit scribere and a legere: like econtrario, h pronuntiare and a scribere.

BRN And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.

BrLXX Καὶ οὐ κληθήσεται ἔτι τὸ ὄνομά σου Ἅβραμ, ἀλλʼ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου Ἁβραὰμ, ὅτι πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε.
(Kai ou klaʸthaʸsetai eti to onoma sou Habram, allʼ estai to onoma sou Habraʼam, hoti patera pollōn ethnōn tetheika se. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וְ⁠לֹא־יִקָּרֵ֥א ע֛וֹד אֶת־שִׁמְ⁠ךָ֖ אַבְרָ֑ם

and=not he/it_will_be_called again/more DOM name,your Avram

Alternate translation: “So your name will not be Abram anymore,” or “Your name will no longer be Abram,”

וְ⁠הָיָ֤ה שִׁמְ⁠ךָ֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם

and=it_was name,your ʼAⱱrāhām

Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Instead, from now on it will be Abraham,” or “Rather, I am changing it now to Abraham,”

כִּ֛י & נְתַתִּֽי⁠ךָ

that/for/because/then/when & make,you

The form of the Hebrew verb in this clause is completed aspect (have made) and shows certainty that God will do this. Consider what is the best way to communicate that in your language. Alternate translation: “because I will make you”

אַב הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִ֖ם

father multitude nations

See how you translated this phrase in verse 4. Alternate translation: “the ancestor of many ethnic groups.”

Parallel GEN 17:5