Genesis 17:17-22

English Standard Version

¹⁷ Then Abraham ^(A)fell on his face ^(B)and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” ¹⁸ And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” ¹⁹ God said, “No, but ^(C)Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name ^(D)Isaac.^[a] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. ²⁰ As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and ^(E)multiply him greatly. He ^(F)shall father twelve princes, and ^(G)I will make him into a great nation. ²¹ But ^(H)I will establish my covenant with Isaac, ^(I)whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.”

²² When he had finished talking with him, ^(J)God went up from Abraham.