---
title: Genesis 17:5
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/genesis-17-5/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/genesis-17-5.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Genesis 17:5
testament: OT
section: Law
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# Genesis 17:5

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [Always the Father, Always a Son](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/eternal-father-eternal-son.md) — Malachi 3:6 / John 17:24 — if Jehovah never changes and has always been Father, he has always had a Son [Deity of Christ]