For the statement of the promise is this: “At this time I will return and Sarah will have[a] a son.”[b] 10 And not only this, but also when[c] Rebecca conceived children by one man,[d] Isaac our father— 11 for although they[e] had not yet been born, or done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God according to election might remain,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:9 Literally “there will be to Sarah”
  2. Romans 9:9 A quotation from Gen 18:10, 14
  3. Romans 9:10 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“having conception” = “conceived”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Romans 9:10 Or perhaps “by one act of sexual intercourse
  5. Romans 9:11 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“been born”) which is understood as concessive