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The Birth of Isaac

21 The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.

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The Birth of Isaac

21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah(A) as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.(B)

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21 And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

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The Lord’s promises are pure,
    like silver refined in a furnace,
    purified seven times over.

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And the words of the Lord are flawless,(A)
    like silver purified(B) in a crucible,(C)
    like gold[a] refined seven times.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

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10 Then one of them said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!”

Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent.

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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.

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10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

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14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

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14 Is anything too hard for the Lord?(A) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,(B) and Sarah will have a son.”(C)

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14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

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19 But God replied, “No—Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac,[a] and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:19 Isaac means “he laughs.”

19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,(A) and you will call him Isaac.[a](B) I will establish my covenant with him(C) as an everlasting covenant(D) for his descendants after him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:19 Isaac means he laughs.

19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

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This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began.

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in the hope of eternal life,(A) which God, who does not lie,(B) promised before the beginning of time,(C)

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In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

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23 The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise.

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23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh,(A) but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.(B)

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23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

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35 Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

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35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.(A)

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35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

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28 And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac.

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28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.(A)

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28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

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