Augustine of Hippo : WHAT DOES IT MEAN: FOR NATIONS AND GATHERINGS OF NATIONS? — Among the promises made to Jacob is the following: for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of you . Are "nations" according to the flesh, and "gatherings of nations" according to faith, or both by the faith of the Gentiles, if the nations cannot be called a single nation of Israel according to the flesh? [ — QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 114 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)