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 revere me, all the days, - For the good of them and of their children after them;

For, unto you, is the promise, and unto your children, - and unto all them who are afar off: as many soever as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee. A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.

Multitudes, are saying, Who will show us prosperity? Lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance, O Yahweh.

But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding.

But, your iniquities, have become separators betwixt you and your God, And your sins, have caused a biding of face from you that he should-not hear.

Or, is God the God, of Jews only, and not of the nations also? Yea! of the nations also: -