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He is mindful of his covenant for ever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
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the covenant which he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,
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which he confirmed as a statute to Jacob, as an everlasting covenant to Israel,
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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, and of little account, and sojourners in it,
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