Where Is the Thus You Promised to Abraham

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 167:5

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Another interpretation: he said before the Holy One, blessed be He: if His children are killed like this, where is the "thus" that You said to Abraham, "So [thus] shall your seed be" (Genesis 15:5)?

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