Isaac's Birth Promised

15 And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah[a] shall be her name.

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  1. Genesis 17:15 Sarai and Sarah mean princess

25 and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah,[a] because of the Lord.

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:25 Jedidiah means beloved of the Lord

28 Then he said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for (B)you have striven with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”

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  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives

No longer shall your name be called Abram,[a] but (A)your name shall be Abraham,[b] (B)for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

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  1. Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father
  2. Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of a multitude

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