That is, it is not the children by physical descent[a] who are God’s children,(A) but the children of the promise(B) are considered to be the offspring. For this is the statement of the promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.[b](C) 10 And not only that,(D) but Rebekah conceived children(E) through one man, our father Isaac.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:8 Lit children of the flesh
  2. 9:9 Gn 18:10,14

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