Genesis 21:12
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12 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.(A)
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Hebrews 11:18
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18 of whom he had been told, “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”(A)
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Romans 9:7-8
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7 and not all of Abraham’s children are his descendants, but “it is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”(A) 8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
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Genesis 17:19
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19 God said, “No, but your wife Sarah shall bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac.[a] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.(A)
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- 17.19 That is, he laughs
1 Samuel 8:9
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9 Now then, listen to their voice; only, you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”(A)
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1 Samuel 8:7
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7 and the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.(A)
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Isaiah 46:10
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10 declaring the outcome from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, “My purpose shall stand,
and I will fulfill my intention,”(A)
Genesis 17:21
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21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year.”
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