13 It came to pass, when they did wickedly before you, you chose one from among them, whose name was Abraham. (WEB) 14 You loved, and to him only you showed the end of the times secretly by night, (WEB) 15 and made an everlasting covenant with him, promising him that you would never forsake his descendants. To him, you gave Isaac, and to Isaac you gave Jacob and Esau. (WEB)
2 Esdras 3:13–15
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