Genesis 17
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Genesis 17:16-22

16I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”

17Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, “Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

18Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live before you!”

19God said, “No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

22When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

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