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 for ever for the good of them and of their sons after them:

For the promise is unto you and to your children and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

when thou tillest the ground, from now on it shall not yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

And as for me, thou sustained me in my integrity and hast seated 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 will not hear.

Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,