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Genesis 17:4-6 MWT ..."Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. (5) No longer shall your name be called Abram ["Exalted Father" or "Father is High"], but your name shall be Abraham ["Father of Many" or "Father of a Multitude"], for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. (6) I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. (Gal 3:26-29; Gal 3:6-9; Rom 4:13-5:5)
Genesis 17:4-6 GW ..."My promise is still with you. You will become the father of many nations. (5) 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. (6) I will give you many descendants. Many nations and kings will come from you.
Genesis 17:4-6 ESV ..."Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. (5) 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. (6) I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.
Genesis 17:4-6 GNB ..."I make this covenant with you: I promise that you will be the ancestor of many nations. (5) Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, because I am making you the ancestor of many nations. (6) I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations.
Genesis 17:4-6 CEV ...I promise that you will be the father of many nations. That's why I now change your name from Abram to Abraham. (5) (SEE 17:4) (6) I will give you a lot of descendants, and in the future they will become great nations. Some of them will even be kings.
Genesis 17:4-6 NWT ...“As for me, look! my covenant is with you, and you will certainly become a father of a crowd of nations. 5 And your name will not be called A´bram anymore, and your name must become Abraham, because a father of a crowd of nations I will make you. 6 And I will make you very, very fruitful and will make you become nations, and kings will come out of you.
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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