Romans 9:10

And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δέ, de	G1161	but · conjunction
not	Οὐ Ou	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
only	μόνον mónon	G3440	merely
but	ἀλλὰ alla	G235	properly · conjunction
when	ἔχουσα echousa	G2192	to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active participle, nominative singular feminine
Rebecca	Ῥεβέκκα Rhebekka	G4479	Rebecca (i.e. Ribkah) · noun — nominative singular feminine, a proper name
also	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
had	ἔχω échō	G2192	to hold (used in very various applications
conceived	κοίτην koitēn	G2845	a couch · noun — accusative singular feminine
by	ἐξ ex	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
one	ἑνὸς henos	G1520	one · adjective — genitive singular masculine
by	πατρὸς patros	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine
our	ἡμῶν hēmōn	G2257	of (or from) us
father	πατήρ patḗr	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively
Isaac	Ἰσαὰκ Isaak	G2464	Isaac (i.e. Jitschak) · noun — genitive singular masculine, a proper name

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Cross-references

Genesis 25:21-23 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Luke 16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can the…
Romans 5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Romans 5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:6-13

The apostle, having made his way to that which he had to say, concerning the rejection of the body of his countrymen, with a protestation of his own affection for them and a concession of their undoubted privileges, comes in these verses, and the following part of the chapter, to prove that the rejection of the Jews, by the establishment of the gospel dispensation, did not at all invalidate the word of God's promise to the patriarchs: Not as though the word of God hath taken no effect (Rom 9:6), which, considering the present state of the Jews, which created to Paul so much heaviness and continual sorrow (Rom 9:2), might be suspected. We are not to ascribe inefficacy to any word of God: noth…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 9:10

And not only this; but when Rebecca, &c.--It might be thought that there was a natural reason for preferring the child of Sarah, as being Abraham's true and first wife, both to the child of Hagar, Sarah's maid, and to the children of Keturah, his second wife. But there could be no such reason in the case of Rebecca, Isaac's only wife; for the choice of her son Jacob was the choice of one of two sons by the same mother and of the younger in preference to the elder, and before either of them was born, and consequently before either had done good or evil to be a ground of preference: and all to show that the sole ground of distinction lay in the unconditional choice of God--"not of works, but o…

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Adam Clarke on Romans 9:10

And not only this - A Jew might object: "Ishmael was rejected, not by the sovereign will of God, but because he was the son of the handmaid, or bond-woman, and therefore unworthy to be the peculiar seed; but observe, this was not the only limitation of the seed of Abraham with regard to inheriting the promise, for when Rebecca was with child by that one person of Abraham's issue to whom the promise was made, namely, our father Isaac, she went to inquire of the Lord, Gen 25:22, Gen 25:23 : And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of People shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one People shall be stronger than the other People; and the elder shall serve th…

The Church Fathers

God's foreknowledge does not prejudge the sinner, if he is willing to repent.
— Pelagius, PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS

Paul reinforces here what he said earlier about Sarah and Isaac, in case someone might think that the election depended on the mother. For although Rebecca had twins, only one of them was chosen.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS

Much more aptly would they have matched the Christian with the elder, and the Jew with the younger son, "according to the analogy of faith," if the order of each people as intimated from Rebecca's womb permitted the inversion: only that (in that case) the concluding paragraph would oppose them; for it will he fitting for the Christian to rejoice, and not to grieve, at the restoration of Israel, if it he true, (as it is), that the whole of our hope is intimately united with the remaining expectation of Israel.
— Tertullian, On Modesty

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Dictionary and topics

Isaac — Laughter. (1) Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes (Amos 7:9, 16). (2.) The only son of Abraham by Sarah. He was the longest lived of the three patriarchs (Gen. 21:1-3). He was circumcised when…
Rebecca — (Romans 9:10) only. [Rebekah]
Circumcision · Covenant promises of — Covenant promises of
Grace Of God · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Predestination · 19:25; — 19:25;
Rebekah (Rebecca) · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Romans 9:10

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:6-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 9:10

Adam Clarke on Romans 9:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Romans 9:10

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:6-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 9:10

Adam Clarke on Romans 9:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Romans 9:10

John Calvin on Romans 9:10-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Romans 9:10-11