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20 He kept the law of the Most High,
    and entered into a covenant with him;
he certified the covenant in his flesh,
    and when he was tested he proved faithful.
21 Therefore the Lord[a] assured him with an oath
    that the nations would be blessed through his offspring;
that he would make him as numerous as the dust of the earth,
    and exalt his offspring like the stars,
and give them an inheritance from sea to sea
    and from the Euphrates[b] to the ends of the earth.

Isaac and Jacob

22 To Isaac also he gave the same assurance
    for the sake of his father Abraham.
The blessing of all people and the covenant

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 44:21 Gk he
  2. Sirach 44:21 Syr: Heb Gk River

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