Devine Scripture

Genesis 17:15

Genesis chapter 17 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

Context

v.14And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

v.15This passage

v.16And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 32:28

    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

  • Genesis 17:5

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 12:25

    and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah’s sake.