Heb 2:16
For verily he took not on {him the nature of} angels; but he took on {him} the seed of Abraham. {took not...: Gr. taketh not hold of angels, but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold}
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And if ye {be} Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Therefore {it is} of faith, that {it might be} by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
For they verily for a few days chastened {us} after their own pleasure; but he for {our} profit, that {we} might be partakers of his holiness. {after...: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them}
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation {is} to them an end of all strife.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Jesus wept.
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.