"Abram fell face down and GOD said to him, 'This is MY Covenant with you: you will be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer will you be called Abram, but Abraham, because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you more and more famous; I will multiply your descendants; nations shall spring from you, kings shall be among your descendants. And I will establish a covenant, an everlasting Covenant between MYSELF and you and your descendants after you; from now on I will be your GOD and the GOD of your descendants after you, for generations to come. I will give to you and your descendants after you the land you are living in, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession and I will be the GOD of your race.'
GOD said to Abraham, 'For your part, you shall keep MY covenant, you and your descendants after you, generation after generation.'" - Genesis 17:3-9
(Abram means venerated father, and Abraham: father of a multitude. In changing the name of HIS servant, GOD enables him to begin a new life and to really become what his new name expresses. JESUS will proceed in the same way with the first leader of HIS church [John 1:42].)
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