Genesis 18:14
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14 Is anything too marvelous for the Lord to do? At the appointed time, about this time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.”(A)
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Genesis 21:2
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2 Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time that God had stated.(A)
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Genesis 26:2-5
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2 The Lord appeared to him and said: Do not go down to Egypt, but camp in this land wherever I tell you. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I will give all these lands, in fulfillment of the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.(A) 4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing—(B) 5 this because Abraham obeyed me, keeping my mandate, my commandments, my ordinances, and my instructions.
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Romans 9:7
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7 nor are they all children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but “It is through Isaac that descendants shall bear your name.”(A)
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