Romans 9:9 · KJV
“For this {is} the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.”
— Romans 9:9
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.
And not only {this}; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, {even} by our father Isaac;
Romans 9 — Context
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, {are they} all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8That 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.
9For this {is} the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10And not only {this}; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, {even} by our father Isaac;
11(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;)
Cross References
Genesis 18:10
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard {it} in the tent door, which {was} behind him.
Genesis 18:14
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis 21:2
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Hebrews 11:11-12
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten {son},