And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one , even by our father Isaac;
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Gill's Exposition
For the children being not yet born, So says (h) the Chaldee paraphrast,
"the prophet said unto them, was it not said of Jacob, , "when he was not yet born", that he should be greater than his…
Barnes' Notes
And not only this - Not only is the principle of making a distinction among the natural descendants of Abraham thus settled by the promise, but it is still further seen and illustrated in the birth of…
Adam Clarke
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…
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…
Cambridge Bible
And not only this Here a still stronger example of sovereign choice occurs. Isaac and Ishmael had only one parent in common; Jacob and Esau had both. In the former case, the choice of Isaac was…