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'Descendants' in the Bible

For it is clear that he did not come to help angels. No, he came to help Abraham's descendants,

He said, "I will certainly bless you and give you many descendants."

The descendants of Levi who accept the priesthood have a commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their own brothers, even though they are also descendants of Abraham.

Abraham was as good as dead, yet from this one man came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

about whom it had been said, "It is through Isaac that descendants will be named for you."

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