2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. …
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)We have here the call by which Abram was removed out of the land of his nativity into the land of promise, which was designed both to try his faith and obedience and also to separate him and set him apart for God, and for special services and favours which were further designed. The circumstances of this call we may be somewhat helped to the knowledge of from Stephen’s speech, Acts 7:2; where we a…
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