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Genesis 17:15
Genesis 17:15 is verse 15 of Genesis chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
Both Sarai and Sarah mean princess; the change in spelling may reflect the difference in dialect between Ur and Canaan.
King James Version
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
World English Bible
God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.
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Genesis 17:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
14 But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
16 And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
17 Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 17:5No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
2 Samuel 12:25and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.