Sirach 44:21-23

Common English Bible

²¹ Therefore, the Lord certified for Abraham
with a solemn pledge
    that he would bless nations
    through his descendants,
    that he would make him increase
    like the dust of the earth,
    exalt his descendants like the stars,
    and give them an inheritance
    from sea to sea
    and from the river to the end
    of the earth.

    The Lord brought forward out of Jacob^[a]
    a man of mercy,
        who found favor with all living beings,