Romans 9:7-8
nor are they all children of Abraham, because they are his descendants, but the promise was "In the line of Isaac your descendants will I be counted."
Romans 9:11
For even before the twin sons were born, and though they had done nothing either good or bad, that God's purpose in accordance with His choice might continue to stand, conditioned not on men's actions but on God's calling them,
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And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
Displeased him
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Displeased him
Romans 9:7
nor are they all children of Abraham, because they are his descendants, but the promise was "In the line of Isaac your descendants will I be counted."