Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Ver. 5. Neither shall thy name any more, &c.] This is reckoned for a high favour by those holy Levites. Neh 9:7 The Jews say, that for honour's sake, God inserted one of the letters of his own incommunicable name Jehovah into the name of Abram, now Abraham. Sure it is, that by styling himself "the God of Abraham," he doth him more honour, than if he had engraven the word Abraham upon the firmament, or in the clouds in letters of gold.