![]() ![]() When pharaohs in Egypt were elevated to power, they were given a new, full cartouche. Before the Fall in the Genesis account, she was called “Woman.” After she partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, she was named Eve, the mother of all living. In Genesis 3, the story of the Fall was not complete until Adam’s companion received her new name. To God, creation was not complete until each component was given a name. The power of naming can be seen in the Creation story in Genesis 1. It represented them becoming something new. It now signaled their allegiance and new kinship with God. Both Abram and Abraham are related to the Hebrew roots meaning “father” and “exalted.” It’s possible that Abraham is related to the Hebrew ab ( אב, “father”) and hamon ( המון), meaning “multitude.” 1 Both Sarai and Sarah are related to the Hebrew root meaning “princess.” 2 However, the act of their receiving a new name symbolized their drastically new identity and relationship with God. ![]() The Lord didn’t drastically alter the meaning of Abraham’s and Sarah’s names. ( Genesis 17:4–5, 15) Abraham’s and Sarah’s New Names 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…As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. The Lord said,īehold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. In Genesis 17, God memorialized this covenant with Abraham and Sarah by giving them each a new name and a token. In the ancient world, part of making a covenant involved verifying and memorializing that covenant with a sign or symbol. In the preceding chapters of Genesis, God outlined the terms and blessings of this covenant, and in this chapter, He presented the signs of the covenant. In Genesis 17, the Lord appeared to Abraham and ratified or certified what we speak of as the Abrahamic Covenant. ![]()
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