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And it happened, that when they that dwelt upon the earth began to multiply, and had gotten them many children, and were a great people, they began again to be more ungodly than the first.
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Now when they lived so wickedly before thee, thou didst choose thee a man from among them, whose name was Abraham.
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Him thou lovedst, and unto him only thou shewedst thy will:
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And madest an everlasting covenant with him, promising him that thou wouldest never forsake his seed.
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And unto him thou gavest Isaac, and unto Isaac also thou gavest Jacob and Esau. As for Jacob, thou didst choose him to thee, and put by Esau: and so Jacob became a great multitude.