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

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.”

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

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

But God replied,“ No— Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.

you children of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.He is the Lord our God. His justice is seen throughout the land.He always stands by his covenant— the commitment he made to a thousand generations.This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never ending covenant:

Many of the people of Israel are now enemies of the Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. Yet they are still the people he loves because he chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.

I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

The Lord swore an oath to David with a promise he will never take back:“ I will place one of your descendants on your throne.If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant and the laws that I teach them, then your royal line will continue forever and ever.”For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it for his home.“ This is my resting place forever,” he said.“ I will live here, for this is the home I desired.I will bless this city and make it prosperous; I will satisfy its poor with food.I will clothe its priests with godliness; its faithful servants will sing for joy.Here I will increase the power of David; my anointed one will be a light for my people.

And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed— all because you have obeyed me.”

Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions— to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

God gave the promises to Abraham and his child. And notice that the Scripture doesn’t say“ to his children,” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says“ to his child”— and that, of course, means Christ.This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.