to Abraham and his children down through the years. He has done it just as he promised to our people of long ago.”

为要记念亚伯拉罕和他的后裔，施怜悯直到永远，正如从前对我们列祖所说的话。”

正如他对我们的列祖说过，‘怜悯亚伯拉罕和他的后裔，直到永远。’”

正如他对我们的列祖说过，‘怜悯亚伯拉罕和他的后裔，直到永远。’”

祂要施怜悯给亚伯拉罕和他的子孙，直到永远，正如祂对我们祖先的应许。”

正如他向我们列祖所说的，恩待亚伯拉罕和他的后裔，直到永远。”

正如他对我们祖先，对亚伯拉罕和他的后裔所说的，直到永远。”

為要記念亞伯拉罕和他的後裔，施憐憫直到永遠，正如從前對我們列祖所說的話。

正如他對我們的列祖說過，『憐憫亞伯拉罕和他的後裔，直到永遠。』」

正如他對我們的列祖說過，『憐憫亞伯拉罕和他的後裔，直到永遠。』」

祂要施憐憫給亞伯拉罕和他的子孫，直到永遠，正如祂對我們祖先的應許。」

正如他向我們列祖所說的，恩待亞伯拉罕和他的後裔，直到永遠。”

就是向亞伯拉罕和他後裔所施到永遠，照主自己對我們列祖所說過的。』

正如他對我們祖先，對亞伯拉罕和他的後裔所說的，直到永遠。」

如昔諭我祖、垂念矜恤亞伯拉罕及其裔、至於世世、○

如昔諭我祖、永念矜恤亞伯拉罕、爰及苗裔是也、○

垂念矜恤亞伯拉罕及其苗裔、至於世世、如昔諭我祖之言、

每許我列祖、恩諾終不改；矜憐亞伯漢、苗裔永見愛。』

to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors.”

as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”

For he made this promise to our ancestors, to Abraham and his children forever.”

to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he spoke to our ancestors.

Just as He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and his descendants forever.”

As He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed forever.”

( As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

just as He spoke to our ancestors, to Abraham and his descendants forever.

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”

Then God said,“ Yes, I will bless Ishmael. But your wife Sarah will have a son by you. And you will name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him. That covenant will last forever. It will be for Isaac and his family after him.

Remember what he has done, you children of his servant Abraham. Remember it, you people of Jacob, God’s chosen ones.He is the Lord our God. He judges the whole earth.He will keep his covenant forever. He will keep his promise for all time to come.He will keep the covenant he made with Abraham. He will keep the promise he made to Isaac.He made it stand as a law for Jacob. He made it stand as a covenant for Israel that will last forever.

As far as the good news is concerned, the people of Israel are enemies. This is for your good. But as far as God’s choice is concerned, the people of Israel are loved. This is because of God’s promises to the founders of our nation.God does not take back his gifts. He does not change his mind about those he has chosen.

I will make your children after you as many as the stars in the sky. And I will give them all these lands. All nations on earth will be blessed because of your children.

I will bless those who bless you. I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. All nations on earth will be blessed because of you.”

The Lord made a promise to David. It is a firm promise that he will never break. He said,“ After you die, I will place one of your own sons on your throne.If your sons keep my covenant and the laws I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.”The Lord has chosen Zion. That’s the place where he wants to live.He has said,“ This will be my resting place for ever and ever. Here I will sit on my throne, because that’s what I want.I will greatly bless Zion with everything it needs. I will give plenty of food to the poor people living there.I will put salvation on its priests as if it were their clothes. God’s faithful people will always sing for joy.“ Here in Jerusalem I will raise up a mighty king from the family of David. I will set up the lamp of David’s kingdom for my anointed king. Its flame will burn brightly forever.

All nations on earth will be blessed because of your children. All these things will happen because you have obeyed me.”

They will be like the dust of the earth that can’t be counted. They will spread out to the west and to the east. They will spread out to the north and to the south. All nations on earth will be blessed because of you and your children after you.

The promises were given to Abraham. They were also given to his seed. Scripture does not say,“ and to seeds.” That means many people. It says,“ and to your seed.”( Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7) That means one person. And that one person is Christ.Here is what I mean. The law came 430 years after the promise. But the law does not get rid of God’s covenant and promise. The covenant had already been made by God. So the law does not do away with the promise.