God viewed the nations differently from how He viewed Israel. However, the way God dealt with the nations was always directly related to how they reacted to the family of promise and ultimately to the Man of Promise who was to come through Israel. By choosing and calling Israel, God was not favoring Israel or rejecting the other nations. On the contrary, he intended for Israel to be the very means of blessing them all. The human quest for a “name” continues to this day despite God’s offer to give