Genesis 17:5

No longer will your name be ¹  Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham ²  because I will make you ³  the father of a multitude of nations.

No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

"No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram; now you will be known as Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.

Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, meaning that 'I'm making you the father of many nations.'

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

No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.

"No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

No longer will your name be ¹  Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham ²  because I will make you ³  the father of a multitude of nations.

¹ tn Heb “will your name be called.”

² sn Your name will be Abraham. The renaming of Abram was a sign of confirmation to the patriarch. Every time the name was used it would be a reminder of God’s promise. “Abram” means “exalted father,” probably referring to Abram’s father Terah. The name looks to the past; Abram came from noble lineage. The name “Abraham” is a dialectical variant of the name Abram. But its significance is in the wordplay with אַב־הֲמוֹן (’av-hamon, “the father of a multitude,” which sounds like אַבְרָהָם, ’avraham, “Abraham”). The new name would be a reminder of God’s intention to make Abraham the father of a multitude. For a general discussion of renaming, see O. Eissfeldt, “Renaming in the Old Testament,” Words and Meanings, 70-83.

³ tn The perfect verbal form is used here in a rhetorical manner to emphasize God’s intention.