The Promises of God to Abraham

Abraham's children are God's true humanity and their homeland is the new Eden, he says. Careful attention must be paid to the language of the promises given to Abraham in Genesis 12 that are later incorporated into the covenant made in Genesis 15. The term nation emphasizes a people as a political entity defined by cultural, ethnic, geographical or social factors,. In Genesis 12, three, the nations of the world are not called nations but rather clans or families.