And again, "I will place my confidence in him." And again, "Behold! Here am I, and the children which God hath given me."

saying, "Verily, blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee."

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no place sought for a second.

By faith Abraham, called to go forth unto a place which he should in future obtain as an heritage, obeyed; and he went forth, not knowing whither he was going.

For ye know, that when afterwards he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place for a change of [his father's] mind, though he sought it earnestly with tears.