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.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:19 Isaac means he laughs.

11 Now (A)Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and [a]Sarah (B)had passed the age of childbearing. 12 Therefore Sarah (C)laughed within herself, saying, (D)“After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my (E)lord being old also?”

13 And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ 14 (F)Is anything too hard for the Lord? (G)At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:11 Lit. the manner of women had ceased to be with Sarah

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)

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Isaac Is Born(A)

21 And the Lord (B)visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah (C)as He had spoken.

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The Birth of Isaac

21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah(A) as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.(B)

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

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Sarah became pregnant and bore a son(A) to Abraham in his old age,(B) at the very time God had promised him.(C)

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