"And not only {this}; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, {even} by our father Isaac;" — Romans 9:10

Romans 9:10 · KJV

“And not only {this}; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, {even} by our father Isaac;”

— Romans 9:10

For this {is} the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

(For {the children} being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

Romans 9 — Context

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these {are} not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

For this {is} the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

And not only {this}; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, {even} by our father Isaac;

(For {the children} being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. {elder: or, greater} {younger: or, lesser}

Cross References

Genesis 25:21-23

And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she {was} barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Luke 16:26

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that {would come} from thence.

Romans 5:3

And not only {so}, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

Romans 5:11

And not only {so}, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. {atonement: or, reconciliation}