Gen 12:2 | TNotes | STEP | 12:2 make you famous (literally make your name great ): Abram received the fame sought by the builders of Babel (see 11:4 and study note). • and you will be a blessing (or so that you will be a blessing ): This clause is a command in Hebrew, but it is also a promise conditioned upon Abram’s obedience to God’s command (12:1 ): “Go ... so that you will be a blessing. Be a blessing, so that I can bless and curse others.”

‏ Genesis 12:2

12:2 ^a make you famous (literally make your name great): Abram received the fame sought by the builders of Babel (see 11:4 ^b and study note).

• and you will be a blessing (or so that you will be a blessing): This clause is a command in Hebrew, but it is also a promise conditioned upon Abram’s obedience to God’s command (12:1 ^c): “Go ... so that you will be a blessing. Be a blessing, so that I can bless and curse others.”