How could He make this promise to Abrham?

Gen 12:2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.

Ephesians: A Handbook on the Greek Text Ephesians 1:3–14

Εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ

Ephesians: A Handbook on the Greek Text Ephesians 1:3–14

1:3–6 God the Father

3 Εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ … 4 καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ …

ἐν ἀγάπῃ, 5 προορίσας …

6 εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἧς ἐχαρίτωσεν ἡμᾶς

ἐν τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ,

Ephesians: A Handbook on the Greek Text Ephesians 1:3–14

1:7–12 Christ

7 ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν …

9 γνωρίσας … ἐν αὐτῷ 10 … ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ, … ἐν αὐτῷ,

11 ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἐκληρώθημεν προορισθέντες …

εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης αὐτοῦ τοὺς προηλπικότας ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ·