¹⁶ I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.^(A) I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations;^(B) kings of peoples will come from her.”

¹¹ And God said to him, “I am God Almighty^[a];^(A) be fruitful and increase in number.^(B) A nation^(C) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.^(D)

⁶ I will make you very fruitful;^(A) I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.^(B)

⁶ like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord.^(A) You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

²⁶ But the Jerusalem that is above^(A) is free, and she is our mother. ²⁷ For it is written:

²⁸ Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.^{(C) 29} At that time the son born according to the flesh^(D) persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit.^(E) It is the same now. ³⁰ But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”^{[b](F) 31} Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman,^(G) but of the free woman.^(H)

⁹ For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”^[a](A)

⁶⁰ And they blessed^(A) Rebekah and said to her,

¹⁰ Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,^(A) and Sarah your wife will have a son.”^(B)

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. ¹¹ Abraham and Sarah were already very old,^(C) and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.^{(D) 12} So Sarah laughed^(E) to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord^(F) is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

¹³ Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’^{(G) 14} Is anything too hard for the Lord?^(H) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,^(I) and Sarah will have a son.”^(J)