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Romans 9:7-9

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9:7 nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather “through Isaac will your descendants be counted.” 1  9:8 This means 2  it is not the children of the flesh 3  who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants. 9:9 For this is what the promise declared: 4 About a year from now 5  I will return and Sarah will have a son.” 6 
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[9:7]  1 tn Grk “be called.” The emphasis here is upon God’s divine sovereignty in choosing Isaac as the child through whom Abraham’s lineage would be counted as opposed to Ishmael.

[9:8]  2 tn Grk “That is,” or “That is to say.”

[9:8]  3 tn Because it forms the counterpoint to “the children of promise” the expression “children of the flesh” has been retained in the translation.

[9:9]  4 tn Grk “For this is the word of promise.”

[9:9]  5 tn Grk “About this time I will return.” Since this refers to the time when the promised child would be born, it would be approximately a year later.

[9:9]  6 sn A quotation from Gen 18:10, 14.



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