Luke1:73

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Translation

i.e. the oath that He swore to ABRAHAM

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our father, to grant us

Paraphrase

especially the promise He made to us as a solemn oath to our father, who against all odds turned out to be THE FATHER OF MANY, in order to grant us

Footnotes

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The promise of God to Abram (later called Abraham) that through him He would provide salvation for the entire world became to the summary of God’s purpose for mankind. It is the key use of the word “promise” in Scripture and the one that almost all other uses of the word “promise” are based on.