¹⁹ But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great.^(A) Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he,^(B) and his descendants will become a group of nations.^(C)”

²⁰ And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers.^(A) He will be the father of twelve rulers,^(B) and I will make him into a great nation.^{(C) 21} But my covenant^(D) I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you^(E) by this time next year.”^(F)

²⁸ Isaac, who had a taste for wild game,^(A) loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.^(B)

¹⁷ The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away^(A) from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.^(B)”