Sirach 44:22
Good News Translation
The Lord renewed that covenant with Isaac, and then again with Jacob, repeating the promise that Abraham's descendants would be a blessing to the whole human race. The Lord assured Jacob that he would bless him; he gave him the land that would be his, dividing it into twelve parts, one for each of the tribes.

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

Contemporary English Version
God later made the same promise to Isaac, the son of Abraham.

New American Bible
For , too, he renewed the same promise because of Abraham, his father. The covenant with all his forebears was confirmed,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore by an oath he gave him glory in his posterity, that he should increase as the dust of the earth,

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

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 44:21
In his flesh he established the covenant, and in temptation he was found faithful.

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.

Sirach 44:24
And he did in like manner with Isaac for the sake of Abraham his father.

Context
Sirach 44
21In his flesh he established the covenant, and in temptation he was found faithful. 22Therefore by an oath he gave him glory in his posterity, that he should increase as the dust of the earth, 23And 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.…
Cross References
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 44:21
In his flesh he established the covenant, and in temptation he was found faithful.

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.

Sirach 44:24
And he did in like manner with Isaac for the sake of Abraham his father.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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