The Abrahamic Covenant: Location, Population, and Benediction (Selected Passage in Genesis 12–22)

Canada has one governmental system with three distinct but cooperative branches: the legislative makes laws, the executive implements laws, and the judicial evaluates laws. The whole depends on each part remaining distinct, doing what it is supposed to do and contributing what it is supposed to contribute. The system only works as intended if each branch remains clear on its unique role and unconfused with the unique roles of the other two. If judges start trying to enact laws rather than interpret them or if the prime minister starts making laws rather than applying them, the one system suffers.  The Abrahamic covenant functions in a similar way, containing three distinct but cooperative branches: the promise of a particular land, the promise of a multitude of descendants, and the promise of a global blessing. And it is important to appreciate each part for what it is, not conflating nor confusing them lest the whole of the covenant suffer.