First Blessings to Abraham
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger [moving from place to place], all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession [of property]; and I will be their God.”
Genesis 17:6-8 AMP
He received blessings to Sarah, Ishmael too, in this chapter
For I have known (chosen, acknowledged) him [as My own], so that he may teach and command his children and [the sons of] his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is righteous and just, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has promised him.”
Genesis 18:19 AMP
The Lord said, “Shall I keep secret from Abraham [My friend and servant] what I am going to do,
Genesis 18:17 AMP
Additional blessings to Abraham after his obedience, he was ready to sacrifice Isaac
The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “By Myself (on the basis of Who I Am) I have sworn [an oath], declares the Lord , that since you have done this thing and have not withheld [from Me] your son, your only son [of promise], indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [by conquering them]. Through your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have heard and obeyed My voice.”
Genesis 22:15-18 AMP
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