19 Then God said: “No, (A)Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My (B)covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and (C)will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget (D)twelve princes, (E)and I will make him a great nation. 21 But My (F)covenant I will establish with Isaac, (G)whom Sarah shall bear to you at this (H)set time next year.”

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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. 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.(E) He will be the father of twelve rulers,(F) and I will make him into a great nation.(G) 21 But my covenant(H) I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you(I) by this time next year.”(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:19 Isaac means he laughs.