Genesis 17:16–27

¹⁶I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her.^l I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”

¹⁷Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed^m and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?” ¹⁸So Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael were acceptable^D to you!”

¹⁹But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac.^E I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring. ²⁰As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders,ⁿ and I will make him into a great nation. ²¹But I will confirm my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”^{o 22}When he finished talking with him, God withdrew^F from Abraham.^p

²³So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him. ²⁴Abraham was ninety-nine years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised, ²⁵and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised. ²⁶On that very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. ²⁷And all the men of his household—whether born in his household or purchased from a foreigner—were circumcised with him.