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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.

20 “As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation. 21 But I will make my agreement with Isaac, the son whom Sarah will have at this same time next year.”

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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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