From these the people of the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.

These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.

And I will make you into a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing;

But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.

“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.

No longer shall you be named Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”

As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

since Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You kill a nation, even though blameless?

And of the son of the slave woman I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant.”

Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”

And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people will be stronger than the other; And the older will serve the younger.”

I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

May peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be master of your brothers, And may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, And blessed be those who bless you.”

God also said to him, “I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a multitude of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come from you.

Then He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

So there was hail, and fire flashing intermittently in the midst of the hail, which was very heavy, such as had not occurred in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

Three National Feasts

“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.