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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.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Abraham. Abram, in the Hebrew, signifies a high father; but Abraham, the father of the multitude: Sarai signifies my Lady, but Sara absolutely Lady. Challoner.—God thus receives them, as it were, into his own family. Calmet.
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