Augustine of Hippo : IN WHAT SENSE DOES GOD PROMISE JACOB THAT HE WILL BE THE LEADER OF A MULTITUDE OF NATIONS. — When Jacob remembers the promises that God made to him, here also it says that it was said to him: I will make you an assembly of towns . With these words the vocation of the believers is more indicated than the carnal propagation of the race. [ — QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 162 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)