¹⁷ Abraham fell facedown;^(A) he laughed^(B) and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?^(C) Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”^{(D) 18} And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael^(E) might live under your blessing!”^(F)

¹⁹ Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,^(G) and you will call him Isaac.^[a](H) I will establish my covenant with him^(I) as an everlasting covenant^(J) for his descendants after him.

¹¹ Abraham and Sarah were already very old,^(A) and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.^{(B) 12} So Sarah laughed^(C) to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord^(D) is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

¹³ Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’^{(E) 14} Is anything too hard for the Lord?^(F) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,^(G) and Sarah will have a son.”^(H)