1 Peter 1:1
Peter, apostle [of] Jesus Christ, [to the] elect stranger diaspora [in] Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
The "world" in John 3:16 = this:
Isaiah 24:4-5 The earth mourns, and
the world is ruined, the lofty ones of the earth are mourning. And she has sinned by reason of her inhabitants;
because they have transgressed the law, and changed the ordinances, even the everlasting covenant.LXX
Genesis 17:3-4 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for Me, behold, My covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Genesis 17:13-14 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and
My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people;
he hath broken My covenant.
Genesis 22:15-18 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed My voice.
So, they took foreign wives
Genesis 38:2 And
Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son;
and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 1 Chronicles 4:21-23
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah [were], Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And [these are] ancient things. 23 These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
Genesis 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife
Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over [all] the land of Egypt.
Exodus 2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man:
and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. Numbers 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
Joshua 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]tim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named
Rahab, and lodged there.
Judges 14:1-2 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the
daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
Ruth 1:4 And they took them wives of the women of
Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
1 Kings 11:1 But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the
Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
1 Chronicles 3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of
Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
Matthew 1:5 And Salmon begat Booz of
Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of
Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon
of her [that had been the wife] of Urias;
That's just a small sample. What do you suppose happened to the children of these foreign wives? Ezra found bunches of these women and their children... they put them away... sent them off like Abraham sent off Keturah and her sons. And so, wherever they went they each had x# children, and they had x# children, and they had x# children...
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed My voice.
The question to ask is this: which nations circumcize? Genesis 17:13-14
Circumcision By Country 2021