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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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A New Name, A New Destiny
All commentators agree that God changed Abram's name, meaning "high father," to Abraham, meaning "father of a multitude." This was not merely a new label but a divine declaration of a new identity and destiny. This change signified a new stage in God's covenant, elevating Abraham to a new dignity as the patriarch of countless descendants, both physically and spiritually.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁדי shaday — Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to create, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad
19th Century
Anglican
Abram.—That is, high father.
Abraham means Father of a multitude, as “raham” is an Arabi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Neither shall your name be any more called Abram Which signifies an "high father", which name he bore for many years…
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