Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will.

King James Version. Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Genesis 18:18-19 New International Version (NIV) · Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.

For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice ...

18 “For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. 19 I have singled him out so that ...

כִּ֣י יְדַעְתִּ֗יו לְמַ֩עַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְצַוֶּ֜ה אֶת־בָּנָ֤יו וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ֙ אַחֲרָ֔יו וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהֹוָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת צְדָקָ֖ה וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט לְמַ֗עַן הָבִ֤יא יְהֹוָה֙ עַל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֖ר עָלָֽיו׃ For I have singled him out, ...

Genesis 18:18-19 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, ...

This is the first mention of Abraham's responsibility to command and train each following generation to keep the way of the Lord.

A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah. 18The Lord appeared to Abraham * by the oaks * of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day.

For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just.