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I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
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Promises Fuel Obedience
Commentators explain that God's command for Abram to leave was paired with a powerful set of promises. These promises—a great nation, personal blessing, and a great name—were not just future rewards but the very motivation for Abram's obedience. As John Calvin notes, faith, which produces obedience, must be founded on God's promises. This shows that God doesn't just command but also graciously enables our response to Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁכם (shekem) Shekem, “the upper part of the back.” Here it is the name of a person, the owner of this place, where a to…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou shalt be a blessing. — More correctly, Be thou a blessing. The promises made to Abram are partly personal a…
Baptist
There, you see, was the missionary character of the seed of Abraham, if they had but recognized it. God did not bless them for themselves alone, bu…
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16th Century
Protestant
And I will make of you a great nation. Until now, Moses has related what Abram had been commanded to do; now he adds the promise of God to…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will make of you a great nation In a literal sense, as the people of the Jews were that descended from him, and in a spi…
God chose Abram and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, so that he might reserve a people for himself, among whom his true worship mig…
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