10 The Lord said, “I will surely return to you (A)about this time next year, and (B)Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

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10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,(A) and Sarah your wife will have a son.”(B)

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.

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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.

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And Sarah (A)conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age (B)at the time of which God had spoken to him.

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Sarah became pregnant and bore a son(A) to Abraham in his old age,(B) at the very time God had promised him.(C)

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For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

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21 But (A)I will establish my covenant with Isaac, (B)whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.”

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21 But my covenant(A) I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you(B) by this time next year.”(C)

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21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

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This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but (A)the children of the promise are counted as offspring. For this is what the promise said: (B)“About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.”

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In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(A) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(B) For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”[a](C)

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  1. Romans 9:9 Gen. 18:10,14

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 Sarah shall have a son.

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19 God said, “No, but (A)Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name (B)Isaac.[a] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

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  1. Genesis 17:19 Isaac means he laughs

19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,(A) and you will call him Isaac.[a](B) I will establish my covenant with him(C) as an everlasting covenant(D) for his descendants after him.

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  1. Genesis 17:19 Isaac means he laughs.

19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

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28 Now you,[a] brothers, (A)like Isaac, (B)are children of promise.

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  1. Galatians 4:28 Some manuscripts we

28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.(A)

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28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

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23 But (A)the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while (B)the son of the free woman was born through promise.

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23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh,(A) but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.(B)

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23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

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13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for (A)your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and (B)you shall call his name John.

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13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid,(A) Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.(B)

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13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

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16 And he said, “At this season, (A)about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, (B)O man of God; (C)do not lie to your servant.” 17 But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time (D)the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.

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16 “About this time(A) next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms.”

“No, my lord!” she objected. “Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!”

17 But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

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16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

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