Sirach 44:21-23
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
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
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.
Moses
From his descendants the Lord[c] brought forth a godly man,
who found favour in the sight of all
Footnotes
- Sirach 44:21 Gk he
- Sirach 44:21 Syr: Heb Gk River
- Sirach 44:23 Gk he
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