17:15 |
God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah. |
17:16 |
And I will bless her, and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless, and he will be among the nations, and the kings of the peoples will rise from him.” |
17:17 |
Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: “Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?” |
17:18 |
And he said to God, “If only Ishmael would live in your sight.” |
17:19 |
And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him. |
17:20 |
Likewise, concerning Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless and enlarge him, and I will multiply him greatly. He will produce twelve leaders, and I will make him into a great nation. |
17:21 |
Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.” |
17:22 |
And when he had finished speaking with him, God ascended from Abraham. |