Genesis 22:15-17

Matthew(i) 15 And the Angell of the Lorde cryed vnto Abraham from heauen the second tyme saying: 16 by my selfe haue I sworne (sayth the Lord) because thou hast done this thynge and hast not spared thy only sonne, 17 that I wyll blesse the & multiplie thy seed as the starres of heauen and as the sande vpon the sea syde. And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies.