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Genesis 17:2-5

2And I will makeוְאֶתְּנָ֥הve.'e.te.NahH5414my covenantבְרִיתִ֖יve.ri.TiH1285between me and thee, and will multiplyוְאַרְבֶּ֥הve.'ar.BehH7235thee exceedinglyH3966.

3And Abramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87fellוַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.PolH5307on his faceפָּנָ֑יוpa.NavH6440:and Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430talkedוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696with him, sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

4As for meאֲנִ֕י'a.NiH589,behold, my covenantבְרִיתִ֖יve.ri.TiH1285iswith thee, and thou shalt be a fatherלְאַ֖בle.'AvH1of manyהֲמ֥וֹןha.MonH1995nationsגּוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471.

5Neither shall thy nameשִׁמְךָ֖shim.KhaH8034any more be calledיִקָּרֵ֥אyi.ka.Re'H7121Abramאַבְרָ֑ם'av.RamH87,but thy nameשִׁמְךָ֙shim.KhaH8034shall be Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamH85;for a fatherאַב־'av-H1of manyהֲמ֥וֹןha.MonH1995nationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471have I made theeנְתַתִּֽיךָ׃ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414.

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