⁷ I will establish my covenant^(A) as an everlasting covenant^(B) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God^(C) and the God of your descendants after you.^(D)

² Sarah became pregnant and bore a son^(A) to Abraham in his old age,^(B) at the very time God had promised him.^(C)

²⁵ The first to come out was red,^(A) and his whole body was like a hairy garment;^(B) so they named him Esau.^[a](C)

²⁶ After this, his brother came out,^(A) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;^(B) so he was named Jacob.^[a](C) Isaac was sixty years old^(D) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

God’s Sovereign Choice

⁶ It is not as though God’s word^(A) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.^{(B) 7} Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”^{[a](C) 8} In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,^(D) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.^(E)