Genesis 17:18

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And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all their days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.

For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God may call.

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.

Many say, Who shall cause us to see good? Lift up upon us the light of thy countenance, O Jehovah.

But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he doth not hear.

Is God the God of Jews only? is he not of the nations also? Yea, of nations also: