Luke 1:13-20

but the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you must call his name John.

Romans 9:6-9

It is not, of course, as if God's word had failed! Far from it! 'Israel' does not mean everyone who belongs to Israel;

Galatians 4:28-31

Now you are the children of the Promise, brothers, like Isaac;

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And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

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Luke 1:55
as he promised our fathers, to have mercy on Abraham and his offspring for ever."