Genesis 21:12 Cross References

Genesis 21:12

12: But God told Abraham, "Do not be upset over the boy and your servant wife. Do just as Sarah says, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.

Hebrews 11:18

  1. though God had promised him, "Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted."

Genesis 17:19

  1. But God replied, "Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my everlasting covenant with him and his descendants.

Isaiah 46:10

  1. Only I can tell you what is going to happen even before it happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.

1 Samuel 8:7

  1. "Do as they say," the LORD replied, "for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don't want me to be their king any longer.

1 Samuel 8:9

  1. Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about how a king will treat them."

Romans 9:7

  1. Just the fact that they are descendants of Abraham doesn't make them truly Abraham's children. For the Scriptures say, "Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted," though Abraham had other children, too.
  2. This means that Abraham's physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. It is the children of the promise who are considered to be Abraham's children.

Genesis 17:21

  1. But my covenant is with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year."
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