New American Standard Bible 2020

Romans 9:7-13

7norοὐδ᾽oud᾽G3761are they allπάντεςpantesG3956childrenτέκνα,teknaG5043becauseὅτιhotiG3754they are Abraham’sἈβραὰμAbraamG11descendantsσπέρμαspermaG4690, but: “throughἐνenG1722IsaacἸσαὰκIsaakG2464yourdescendantsσπέρμα.spermaG4690shall be namedκληθήσεταίklēthēsetaiG2564.”

8That is, it is not the childrenτέκναteknaG5043of the fleshσαρκὸςsarkosG4561whoG3778arechildrenτέκναteknaG5043of Godθεοῦ,theouG2316, but thechildrenτέκναteknaG5043of the promiseἐπαγγελίαςepangeliasG1860are regardedλογίζεταιlogizetaiG3049asdescendantsσπέρμα.spermaG4690.

9For thisοὗτος·houtosG3778is the wordλόγοςlogosG3056of promiseἐπαγγελίαςepangeliasG1860: “At thisτοῦτονtoutonG3778timeκαιρὸνkaironG2540I will comeἐλεύσομαιeleusomaiG2064,and SarahΣάρρᾳSarraG4564will haveἔσταιestaiG1510a sonυἱός.¶huiosG5207.”

10And not onlyG3440that,but there was alsoκαὶkaiG2532RebekahῬεβέκκαRhebekkaG4479,when she had conceivedκοίτην ἔχουσαkoitēn echousaG2845 G2192twinsby oneἑνὸςhenosG1520manG1520,our fatherπατρὸςpatrosG3962IsaacἸσαὰκIsaakG2464;

11for though the twinswere not yetG3380bornγεννηθέντωνgennēthentōnG1080and had not doneπραξάντωνpraxantōnG4238anythingτιtiG5100goodἀγαθὸνagathonG18orἢēG2228badφαῦλον,phaulonG5337,soἵναinaG2443thatG2443God’sθεοῦtheouG2316purposeπρόθεσιςprothesisG4286accordingκατ᾽kat᾽G2596to HischoiceἐκλογὴνeklogēnG1589wouldstandμένῃ,menēG3306, notbecauseG1537of worksG2041butbecauseG1537of Him who callsG2564,

12it was saidG3004to her, “The olderμείζωνmeizōnG3173will serveδουλεύσειdouleuseiG1398the youngerἐλάσσονι·elassoniG1640.”

13JustG2509asG2509it is writtenγέγραπται·gegraptaiG1125: “JacobἸακὼβIakōbG2384I have lovedἠγάπησα,ēgapēsaG25,but EsauἨσαῦĒsauG2269I have hatedἐμίσησα.¶emisēsaG3404.”

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