Romans 9:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ and not all of Abraham’s children are his descendants, but “it is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And they are not all the children of Abraham because they are by blood his descendants. No, [the promise was] Your descendants will be called and counted through the line of Isaac [though Abraham had an older son]. [Gen. 21:9-12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Common English Bible

⁷ Not all of Abraham’s children are called Abraham’s descendants, but instead “your descendants will be named through Isaac.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And not all sons are the offspring of Abraham: "For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children; but in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Romans 9:7 Cross References

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you.

Matthew 3:9

and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Luke 16:30

He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

Luke 3:8

Therefore, bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

John 8:33

They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, ‘You will be made free’?”

Galatians 4:23

One, the child of the enslaved woman, was born according to the flesh; the other, the child of the free woman, was born through the promise.

Galatians 4:28

Now you, my brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, like Isaac.

Philippians 3:3

For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh—

Hebrews 11:18

of whom he had been told, “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”