וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙ לְג֣וֹי גָּד֔וֹל וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔ וַאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ וֶהְיֵ֖ה בְּרָכָֽה׃
Y haré de ti una nación grande, y bendecirte he, y engrandeceré tu nombre, y serás bendición:
On the Migration of Abraham
[86] What, then, is the fourth gift? That of a great name; for He says “I will make thy name great” (Gen. 12:2). The meaning of this appears to me to be as follows. As it is an advantage to be good and morally noble, so is it to be reputed such. And, while the reality is better than the reputation, happiness comes of having both. For very many, after coming to Virtue’s feet with no counterfeit or unreal homage and with their eyes open to her genuine loveliness, through paying no regard to the general opinion have become the objects of hostility, just because they were held to be bad, when they were really good.
On the Migration of Abraham
[107] For he says “Thou shalt be one to be blessed” (Gen. 12:2), not only “one who has been blessed,” for the latter is reckoned by the standard of the opinions and report of the many; but the former by that of Him Who is in reality “blessed.”