Tradition must give way to the clear statements of the Scripture

See, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are to be signs and portents in Israel, sent by the LORD of Hosts who dwells on Mount Zion. Isa. 8:18  Moses’s interpretation of redemptive history will become the normative pattern that later biblical authors embrace. Adam and the covenant of creation are prototypes, molds that shape and give meaning to the future biblical story line. As the Pentateuch develops, we find numerous “seeds” patterned after Adam , what we might call ectypes. Each ectype advances redemptive history and God’s reclamation of humanity from sin while also f alling short of total restoration , usually on account of each figure repeating an Adam-like “fall.”   Thus, each instantiation in the pattern creates further expectation of a coming fulfillment. These repeated patterns and the corresponding promises of eschatological salvation (e.g., Gen. 3:15; 5:29; 12:1–3; 17:1–8; 49:8–12; Num. 24:17–19) show that Moses sees Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Israel as prophe...

The Law was given through an intermediary; the promise came directly from God.  Henry Wansbrough, ed., The New Jerusalem Bible (New York; London; Toronto; Sydney; Auckland: Doubleday, 1990), 1927 I will bless those who bless you , and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”, ( Gen. 18:18 KJV; Gen. 22:18 KJV; Gen.26:4 KJV; Gen. 27:29, Ex 23:22; Num 24:9; Acts 3:25 KJV; Gal 3:8) Gen. 12:3  Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Gal. 3:16 KJV For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. Gen. 13:15 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. Gen. 17:8 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. Ge...