direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him. God’s promise—the blessing of all nations—is here linked to the ethical demand on Abraham’s descendants. They were to be a community committed to the way of Yahweh, namely, to righteousness and justice. Only thus could their mission be fulfilled. Jeremiah picks up this condition to the promise and builds it into his