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16 God gave the promises to Abraham and his child.[a] And notice that the Scripture doesn’t say “to his children,[b]” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says “to his child”—and that, of course, means Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:16a Greek seed; also in 3:16c, 19. See notes on Gen 12:7 and 13:15.
  2. 3:16b Greek seeds.

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