Romans 9:6-8

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Abraham’s two families

⁶ But it can’t be the case that God’s word has failed! Not all who are from Israel, you see, are in fact Israel. ⁷ Nor is it the case that all the children count as “seed of Abraham.” No: “in Isaac shall your seed be named.” ⁸ That means that it isn’t the flesh-and-blood children who are God’s children; rather, it is the children of the promise who will be calculated as “seed.”