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Romans 9:7

“nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s offspring; but: Through Isaac your offspring will be called.”

Romans 9:7 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Genesis 21:12

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Paul quotes without a formula God’s words to Abraham about Isaac.

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Greek of the New Testament: οὐδ’ ὅτι εἰσὶν σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ πάντες τέκνα ἀλλ’ Ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל אַבְרָהָם אַל יֵרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עַל הַנַּעַר וְעַל אֲמָתֶךָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר אֵלֶיךָ שָׂרָה שְׁמַע בְּקֹלָהּ כִּי בְיִצְחָק יִקָּרֵא לְךָ זָרַע

Septuagint (Genesis 21:12 in the Septuagint numbering): εἶπεν δὲ ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ Μὴ σκληρὸν ἴστω τὸ ῥῆμα ἐναντίον σου περὶ τοῦ παιδίου καὶ περὶ τῆς παιδίσκης· πάντα ὅσα ἐἀν εἴπῃ σοι Σάρρα, ἄκουε τῆς φωνῆς αὐτῆς· ὅτι ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “Ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Romans 9:7, word by word

childrenτέκναtekna

child

Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.

Where else “tekna” appears
they areεἰσὶνeisin

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “eisin” appears
Abraham’sἈβραάμAbraam

Abraham

Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.

Where else “Abraam” appears
offspringσπέρμαsperma

offspring

Someone's children and descendants.

Where else “sperma” appears
IsaacἸσαὰκIsaak

Isaac

Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, the son of the promise.

Where else “Isaak” appears
will be calledκληθήσεταίklēthēsetai

call

To give someone a name.

Where else “klēthēsetai” appears

Translation note

Genesis 21:12.

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Quotation · Genesis 21:12

Paul quotes without a formula God’s words to Abraham about Isaac.

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Romans 9:7

7nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s offspring; but: Through Isaac your offspring will be called.

Genesis 21:12

12But Elohim said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your eyes on account of the boy and on account of your slave woman. All that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for through Isaac offspring will be named for you.

The context

6But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all those descended from Israel are Israel;

7 · This verse (above)

8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

Read all of Romans 9

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  1. 1. What it says

    What does Paul feel for his people, the Israelites, and what does he say about them? (vv. 1-5)

  2. 2. What it means

    What does Paul's sorrow show us about how he saw his people? (vv. 1-3)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Paul grieved for people he loved. How can you accompany with care and respect someone you love who sees faith differently?

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