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God promised, “I will return at the appointed time. Sarah will have a son.” (Genesis 18:10,14)

10 And that’s not all. Rebekah’s children were born at the same time by the same father. He was our father Isaac. 11 Here is what happened. Rebekah’s twins had not even been born. They hadn’t done anything good or bad yet. So they show that God’s purpose is based firmly on his free choice.

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For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”[a](A)

10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.(B) 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad(C)—in order that God’s purpose(D) in election might stand:

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Footnotes

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