¹⁶ And I will bless her, and indeed I will give you ^(A)a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; ^(B)kings of peoples will ^[a]come from her.” ¹⁷ Then Abraham ^(C)fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, “Will a son be born to a man one hundred years old? And ^(D)will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a son?” ¹⁸ And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!”