As Many As the Sands of the Sea...

We all make promises. We know that God makes promises called covenants. The covenants God makes are two way. He promises a portion if we do our part. God's promise to Abram was that God "will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing" (Genesis 12:2).

Russell M. Nelson spoke about Abraham talking specifically about the covenants made. 

The covenant God made with Abraham¹³ and later reaffirmed with Isaac¹⁴ and Jacob¹⁵ is of transcendent significance. It contained several promises, including:

• Jesus the Christ would be born through Abraham’s lineage.
  
• Abraham’s posterity would be numerous, entitled to an eternal increase, and also entitled to bear the priesthood.
  
• Abraham would become a father of many nations.
  
• Certain lands would be inherited by his posterity.
  
• All nations of the earth would be blessed by his seed.¹⁶
  
• And that covenant would be everlasting—even through “a thousand generations.”¹⁷
   
  
  

Abraham's children have blessed the nations of the world, and God has kept his promise.