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

² Then the Lord appeared to him and said: ^(A)“Do not go down to Egypt; live in ^(B)the land of which I shall tell you. ^3 (C)Dwell in this land, and ^(D)I will be with you and ^(E)bless you; for to you and your descendants ^(F)I give all these lands, and I will perform ^(G)the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. ⁴ And ^(H)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; ^(I)and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; ^5 (J)because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

² For Sarah ^(A)conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, ^(B)at the set time of which God had spoken to him. ³ And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—whom Sarah bore to him—^(C)Isaac.^[a]

²⁹ And ^(A)if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s ^(B)seed, and ^(C)heirs according to the promise.

^5 (A)of whom are the fathers and from ^(B)whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, ^(C)who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.

Israel’s Rejection and God’s Purpose^(D)

^6 (E)But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For ^(F)they are not all Israel who are of Israel,

¹⁰ And He said, “I will certainly return to you ^(A)according to the time of life, and behold, ^(B)Sarah your wife shall have a son.”

(Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)

⁹ By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, ^(A)dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, ^(B)the heirs with him of the same promise;

⁹ For this is the word of promise: ^(A)“At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”

⁷ And He said to them, ^(A)“It is not for you to ^(B)know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.