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Therefore was there a remnant left to the earth, when the flood came.
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The covenants of the world were made with him, that all flesh should no more be destroyed with the hood.
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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.
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In his flesh he established the covenant, and in temptation he was found faithful.
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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,
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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.
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And he did in like manner with Isaac for the sake of Abraham his father.
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The Lord gave him the blessing of all nations, and confirmed his covenant upon the head of Jacob.
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He acknowledged him in his blessings, and gave him an inheritance, and divided him his portion in twelve tribes.
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And he preserved for him men of mercy, that found grace in the eyes of all flesh.