Abram (also called Abraham).
Parallel translations
- KJV Abram; the same is Abraham.
- BSB and Abram (that is, Abraham).
- NKJV and Abram, who is Abraham.
- NASB and Abram, that is Abraham.
- NLT and Abram, later known as Abraham.
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Quick answer
The line reaches Abram, whom God renamed Abraham, the great patriarch of the covenant.
Overview
With Abram, also called Abraham, the genealogy arrives at the man with whom God made His foundational covenant (Genesis 12; 17). The name change to Abraham, 'father of a multitude,' signals the promise that he would be father of many nations. All God's saving purposes for Israel and the world flow from the covenant established here, fulfilled in Christ (Galatians 3:16).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Josh 24:2Joshua said to all the people, “Yahweh says, the God of Israel, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
- Neh 9:7You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
- Gen 11:27–32Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
- Gen 17:5Your 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.
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