“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”

Genesis 12:2

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The Call of Abram: The Word He Left Everything For (Genesis 12)
Connection with God's promise to Abram
The builders of Babel wanted to make a name, shem (H8034), for themselves. One chapter later God promised Abram, "I will make you into a great nation" (Genesis 12:2), and promised to bless him, make his name great and make him a blessing to others. God gave as a gift the great name Babel tried to build.
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Connection with the table of nations
The builders of Babel tried to seize a name for themselves; Abram received his as a gift. God keeps the names of all seventy nations of Genesis 10 on record because He means to gather them, and He starts by giving one man from among them a name he could never have built. To be known by God is to have your name in His record, put there by Him.
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Connection with the tower of Babel
Right after the builders of Babel tried to make a name for themselves, God came to one old man, Abram, and promised, "I will make your name great." The name Babel grasped at, God gave as a gift to a man who simply believed Him.
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Connection with the tower of Babel
The builders of Babel tried to make a great name (shem in Hebrew) for themselves, and they were scattered. In the very next chapter God promised Abram, "I will make your name great." The great name came as a gift, handed to a man who believed God and went where he was told.
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