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The Eden Blessing Is Used Explicitly, Be Fruitful and Multiplied
When abraham was 99 years old, the lord appeared to abram and said to him, i am god almighty. Walk before me and be blameless. I will establish my covenant between me and you, and i will multiply you exceedingly. Notice the two key words of the eden blessing, what god said in genesis one, be fruitful and multiply. So notice that god's focus here is not just on one sub nation from him. Abraham is being appointed here as the father of the nations, many nations. There is one particular nation that will come from abraham that the whole story line of the hebrew bible is going to focus on through isaac jacob