Sirach 44:21-23

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

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.

²² To Isaac also he gave the same assurance
    for the sake of his father Abraham.
The blessing of all people and the covenant
²³     he made to rest on the head of Jacob;
he acknowledged him with his blessings,
    and gave him his inheritance;
he divided his portions,
    and distributed them among twelve tribes.

From his descendants the Lord^[c] brought forth a godly man,
    who found favour in the sight of all