Romans 4:18

4:18 Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement, “so will your descendants be.”

Romans 9:8

9:8 This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

Romans 9:29

9:29 Just as Isaiah predicted,

“If the Lord of armies had not left us descendants,

we would have become like Sodom,

and we would have resembled Gomorrah.”