but thy name: Genesis 17:15, Genesis 32:28; Numbers 13:16; 2 Samuel 12:25; Nehemiah 9:7; Isaiah 62:2-4, Isaiah 65:15; Jeremiah 20:3; Jeremiah 23:6; Matthew 1:21-23; John 1:42; Revelation 2:17
Abraham: i.e. father of a great multitude
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Genesis 17:5
Genesis 17:5
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