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17 Abraham bowed facedown on the ground and laughed. He said to himself, “Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth to a child when she is ninety?” 18 Then Abraham said to God, “Please let Ishmael be the son you promised.”

19 God said, “No, Sarah your wife will have a son, and you will name him Isaac.[a] I will make my agreement with him to be an agreement that continues forever with all his descendants.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:19 Isaac The Hebrew words for “he laughed” (v. 17) and “Isaac” sound the same.

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