And the Lord said to Samuel, Hear the voice of the people, in whatever they shall say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from reigning over them.

And now head their voice; only you shall solemnly testify to them, and you shall describe to them the manner of the king who shall reign over them.

declaring beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together; and I said, all My counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned;

And God said to Abraham, Yea, behold, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to his seed after him.

But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time, in the next year.

nor [are they] all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, "In Isaac your seed shall be called."

That is, those who are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

of whom it was spoken, "In Isaac your seed shall be called,"