# Then God said to Abraham, "Because you were willing to give me everything ... I will bless all the families of the world through your family."
This is direct quotation. It can also be stated as an indirect quotation: "Then God said to Abraham that because Abraham was willing to give God everything, even his only son, he promised to bless him. His descendants will be more than the stars in the sky. Because Abraham had obeyed him, God would bless all the families of the world through Abraham's family." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
Here, "family" refers to the many descendants that Abraham would have. The future generations of the world would be blessed through Abraham's descendants. The greatest blessing would come many generations later through God's chosen servant, the Messiah.