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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ולא יקרא עוד את שמך אברם והיה שמך אברהם כי אב המון גוים נתתיך
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vlA yqrA `vd At SHmk Abrm vhyh SHmk Abrhm ky Ab hmvn gvym nttyk

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram sed appellaberis Abraham quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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.
New King James Version   
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
21st Century King James Version   
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.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
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.
Darby Bible Translation   
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.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
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.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
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.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
God's Word   
So your name will no longer be Abram [Exalted Father], but Abraham [Father of Many] because I have made you a father of many nations.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Your name will no longer be Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.
International Standard Version   
Your name is no longer to be Abram. Instead your name will be Abraham, since I'll make you the father of many nations.
NET Bible   
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.
New American Standard Bible   
"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.
New International Version   
No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
New Living Translation   
What's more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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.
The World English Bible   
Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Your name will not be Abram any more. Instead your name will be Abraham, because I will cause you to become the ancestor of many nations.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
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;
New Life Version   
No more will your name be Abram. But your name will be Abraham. For I will make you the father of many nations.
The Voice Bible   
To symbolize your foundational role in this covenant, I hereby change your name. You will no longer go by the name “Abram.” Your new name will be “Abraham,” which means “father of a great multitude of nations,” because that is exactly what I will make of you.
Living Bible   
“What’s more,” God told him, “I am changing your name. It is no longer ‘Abram’ (‘Exalted Father’), but ‘Abraham’ (‘Father of Nations’)—for that is what you will be. I have declared it.
New Catholic Bible   
You will no longer be called Abram, but Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And no longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Neither shall thy name any longer be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many Gentiles have I made thee.
Christian Standard Bible   
Your name will no longer be Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Nor shall your name any longer be Abram [high, exalted father]; but your name shall be Abraham [father of a multitude], for I have made you the father of many nations.
New Century Version   
I am changing your name from Abram to Abraham because I am making you a father of many nations.
The Message   
Overwhelmed, Abram fell flat on his face. Then God said to him, “This is my covenant with you: You’ll 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.’ I’ll make you a father of fathers—I’ll make nations from you, kings will issue from you. I’m establishing my covenant between me and you, a covenant that includes your descendants, a covenant that goes on and on and on, a covenant that commits me to be your God and the God of your descendants. And I’m giving you and your descendants this land where you’re now just camping, this whole country of Canaan, to own forever. And I’ll be their God.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Your name will not be Abram anymore, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a large group of nations.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
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.
Good News Translation®   
Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, because I am making you the ancestor of many nations.
Wycliffe Bible   
and thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thou shalt be called Abraham, for I have made thee [the] father of many folks (for I have made thee the father of many nations);
Contemporary English Version   
I promise that you will be the father of many nations. So now I'm changing your name from Abram to Abraham.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
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.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
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.
Common English Bible © 2011   
And because I have made you the ancestor of many nations, your name will no longer be Abram but Abraham.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“No longer shall your name be Abram (exalted father), But your name shall be Abraham (father of a multitude); For I will make you the father of many nations.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a multitude of nations.
New American Standard Bible   
No longer shall you be named Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
The Expanded Bible   
I am changing your name from Abram [C meaning “exalted father”] to Abraham [C sounds like “father of a multitude” in Hebrew] because I am making you a father of ·many [L a host/multitude of] nations.
Tree of Life Version   
No longer will your name be Abram, but your name will be Abraham, because I make you the father of a multitude of nations.
Revised Standard Version   
No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
New International Reader's Version   
You will not be called Abram anymore. Your name will be Abraham, because I have made you a father of many nations.
BRG Bible   
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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Your name will no longer be Avram [exalted father], but your name will be Avraham [father of many], because I have made you the father of many nations.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
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.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Neither shall thy shem any more be called Avram, but thy shem shall be Avraham; for Av hamon Goyim (Father of a multitude of Goyim) have I made thee. [T.N. Ga 3:29 says “And if you belong to Moshiach (YESHAYAH 53:10), then you are of the ZERAH of Avraham Avinu, you are yoreshim (heirs) according to the havtachah (promise).]
Names of God Bible   
So your name will no longer be Abram [Exalted Father], but Abraham [Father of Many] because I have made you a father of many nations.
Modern English Version   
No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Easy-to-Read Version   
I will change your name from Abram to Abraham, because I am making you the father of many nations.
International Children’s Bible   
I am changing your name from Abram to Abraham. This is because I am making you a father of many nations.
Lexham English Bible   
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.
New International Version - UK   
No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.