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Nor is it as though all the banim of K’lal Yisroel are the ZERA of Avraham Avinu, but (as it is written) BEYITZCHAK YIKARE L’CHA ZERA ("In Yitzchak shall your seed be called, named, summoned" BERESHIS 21:12).

That is, it is not the b’nei habasar (old humanity without hitkhadshut) who are the b’nei HaElohim (children of G-d) but the b’nei HaHavtachah (children of the promise) who are reckoned as ZERA (seed, children, including the right of the heir in relation to the father).

For this word is one of havtachah (promise): KA’ET SHOV ASHUV UL’SARAH BEN ("About this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son" BERESHIS 18:10,14).

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(A)nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, (B)“In Isaac your seed shall be called.” That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but (C)the children of the promise are counted as the seed. For this is the word of promise: (D)“At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”

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