God said, “No, but your wife Sarah shall bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
Hebrews 11:18 - New Revised Standard Version of whom he had been told, “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of whom it was said, Through Isaac shall your descendants be reckoned. [Gen. 21:12.] American Standard Version (1901) even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called: Common English Bible He had been told concerning him, “Your legitimate descendants will come from Isaac.” Catholic Public Domain Version To him, it was said, "Through Isaac, shall your offspring be summoned," Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version (To whom it was said: In Isaac shall thy seed be called.) |
God said, “No, but your wife Sarah shall bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
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.
and not all of Abraham's children are his true descendants; but “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets,