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 forever, for their good and for the good of their sons after them.

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

When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. And you shall be a vagabond and a fugitive in the earth.

There are many who say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift up the light of Your face on us.

And I, in my integrity You uphold me; and You set me before Your face forever.

But your iniquities have come between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, from hearing.

Or is He the God of the Jews only, and not also of the nations? Yes, of the nations also,