English of Core Text: “I will make you a great nation” — this is why we say “God of Avraham”; “I will bless you” — “God of Yitzchak”; “I will make your name great” — “God of Yaakov.”
On the daf / in context: The Gemara links the wording of the Amidah’s first blessing to the three promises in this verse, showing why the patriarchs are named individually in the liturgy.
Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
The liturgical formula “God of Avraham, God of Yitzchak, God of Yaakov” is anchored in the three distinct promises of 12:2.