Kebra Nagast

And I will establish My covenant with Isaac My servant, the son of Sarah, and in him I will bless all them. the nations of the earth, and I will make for him a great kingdom over all the nations of the earth, and in the heavens also I will make him king." 1 CONCERNING THE KING OF THE ISHMAELITES And therefore the children of Ishmael became kings 83. over Tereb, and over Kebet, and over Nob a, and Soba, and Kuergue, and Kifi, and Maka, and Morna, and Finkana, and 'Arsibana, and Liba, and Mase'a, for they were the seed of Shem. And Isaac reigned over Judah and over 'Amorewon, and over Ketewon, and 'lyabusewon, and Ferzewon, and 'Eewewon, and Kekedewon, and Romya, and 'Ansokya (Antiochia), and Sorya (Syria), and Armenia, and Felesteem (Palestine), and Ethiopia, and Edom, and Philistia, and lyoab, and Amalek, and Phrygia, and Babylon, and Yonanest, and 'Ebrayast. For as God sware He gave all kingdoms to the seed of Shem, and an exalted throne and dominion to the seed of Shem, even as his father Noah, by the word of God, blessed his son Shem, saying, " Be lord to thy brethren and reign over them." And this that he said had reference to the Redeemer, the King of us all, Jesus Christ the King of heaven and earth, Who magnifieth kings, and Who when He pleasfor unto Him belong eth abrogateth their power over all created things for ever dominion and power and ever. Amen. ; 84. CONCERNING THE KING OF ETHIOPIA AND HOW HE RETURNED TO HIS COUNTRY And the King of Ethiopia returned to his country with great joy and gladness and marching along with their songs, and their pipes, and their wagons, like an army of heavenly beings, the Ethiopians arrived from ; 1 144 Genesis xii ff.