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the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,
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which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
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saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance."
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When they were few in number, of little account, and strangers in the land,
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wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,
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