¹⁰ The Lord said, “I will surely return to you ^(A)about this time next year, and ^(B)Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

² And Sarah ^(A)conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age ^(B)at the time of which God had spoken to him.

²¹ But ^(A)I will establish my covenant with Isaac, ^(B)whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.”

⁸ This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but ^(A)the children of the promise are counted as offspring. ⁹ For this is what the promise said: ^(B)“About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.”

¹⁹ God said, “No, but ^(A)Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name ^(B)Isaac.^[a] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

²⁸ Now you,^[a] brothers, ^(A)like Isaac, ^(B)are children of promise.

²³ But ^(A)the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while ^(B)the son of the free woman was born through promise.

¹³ But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for ^(A)your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and ^(B)you shall call his name John.

¹⁶ And he said, “At this season, ^(A)about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, ^(B)O man of God; ^(C)do not lie to your servant.” ¹⁷ But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time ^(D)the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.