Genesis 17:15
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God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor's wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha and father of Jescha.

Genesis 17:14
The male whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.

Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

Isaiah 51:1
Give ear to me, you that follow that which is just, and you that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you are dug out.

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God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

As.

Genesis 17:5 Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

Genesis 32:28 But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?

2 Samuel 12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Amiable to the Lord, because the Lord loved him.

Sarah.

Context
The Covenant of Circumcision
14The male whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant. 15God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.16And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.…
Lexicon
Then God
אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Abraham,
אַבְרָהָ֔ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

“As for Sarai
שָׂרַ֣י (śā·ray)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8297: Sarai -- a wife of Abram

your wife,
אִשְׁתְּךָ֔ (’iš·tə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

do not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

call
תִקְרָ֥א (ṯiq·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

her Sarai,
שָׂרָ֑י (śā·rāy)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8297: Sarai -- a wife of Abram

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

her name [is to be]
שְׁמָֽהּ׃ (šə·māh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

Sarah.
שָׂרָ֖ה (śā·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham


Additional Translations
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

And God said to Abraam, Sara thy wife—her name shall not be called Sara, Sarrha shall be her name.

And God said to Abraham, [As to] Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

And God saith unto Abraham, 'Sarai thy wife -- thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name;
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