Sirach 44:20-22

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁰ Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and there was not found the like to him in glory, who kept the law of the most High, and was in covenant with him.

²¹ In his flesh he established the covenant, and in temptation he was found faithful.

²² Therefore by an oath he gave him glory in his posterity, that he should increase as the dust of the earth,