Romans 9:7 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁷ and not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”

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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."

Romans 9:7 Cross References

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the lad and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your descendants be named.

Matthew 3:9

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

Luke 16:30

And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

Luke 3:8

Bear fruits that befit repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; 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 in bondage to any one. How is it that you say, ‘You will be made free’?”

Galatians 4:23

But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, the son of the free woman through promise.

Galatians 4:28

Now we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.

Philippians 3:3

For we are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and glory in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh.

Hebrews 11:18

of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”