audiobook Thiébault: Soldier of Napoleon: Volume 1-a Personal Account of the Revolutionary Wars and Conflicts of the French First Empire by Paul Thiébault in History

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The divine promises to Abraham have long been recognized as a key to the book of Genesis as a whole. But their variety; often noted; also raises literary and theological problems. Why do they differ each time; and how are they related to each other and to the story of Abraham? Williamson focuses on the promises in Genesis 15 and 17; and concludes that they are concerned with two distinct but related issues. Genesis 15 guarantees God's promise to make Abraham into a great nation; while Genesis 17 focuses chiefly on God's promise to mediate blessing (through Abraham) to the nations. The two chapters are connected; however; by the theme of an individual; royal descendant who will come from the nation (Israel) and mediate blessing to all the nations of the earth.