OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 17:4

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“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

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Verse 4. I am unchangeable, and faithful to my promises, the only God. D.—Nations. Jews, Saracens or Arabs, Idumeans, and, by faith, of all nations who shall believe in Christ, the King of kings. Calmet.—The true Church will never then be reduced to a few unknown believers, as the Donatists and Protestants assert. Worthington.

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