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So those who are the children of the flesh are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants. For this is the word of promise, “At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”[a]

10 Not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

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  1. Romans 9:9 Ge 18:10.

In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(A) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(B) For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”[a](C)

10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.(D)

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  1. Romans 9:9 Gen. 18:10,14