Good News Translation
And so the Lord made him a solemn promise that his descendants would be a blessing to the world; that their number would be countless, like the dust of the earth; that they would be honored more than any other people on earth; and that their land would extend from sea to sea, from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore the Lord 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 to the ends of the earth.

Contemporary English Version
And so, the Lord promised that Abraham's descendants would be more numerous than the stars in the sky or specks of dust on earth. All nations would be blessed by his descendants, and they would be given land from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the end of the earth.

New American Bible
For this reason, God promised him with an oath to bless the nations through his descendants, To make him numerous as grains of dust, and to exalt his posterity like the stars, Giving them an inheritance from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In his flesh he established the covenant, and in temptation he was found faithful.

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

Sirach 44:19
The covenants of the world were made with him, that all flesh should no more be destroyed with the flood.

Sirach 44:20
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.

Sirach 44:22
Therefore by an oath he gave him glory in his posterity, that he should increase as the dust of the earth,

Sirach 44:23
And that he would exalt his seed as the stars, and they should inherit from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.