¹⁶I will bless her, and I will also give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become ⸤a mother of⸥ nations, and kings will come from her.” ¹⁷Immediately, Abraham bowed with his face touching the ground. He laughed as he thought to himself, “Can a son be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, have a child?” ¹⁸Then Abraham said to God, “Why not let Ishmael be my heir?”

¹⁹God replied, “No! Your wife Sarah will give you a son, and you will name him Isaac ^[He Laughs^[. I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants. ²⁰I have heard your request about Ishmael. Yes, I will bless him, make him fertile, and increase the number of his descendants. He will be the father of 12 princes, and I will make him a great nation. ²¹But I will make my promise to Isaac. Sarah will give birth to him at this time next year.” ²²When God finished speaking with Abraham, he left him.

Abraham’s Household Circumcised

²³So Abraham took his son Ishmael, everyone born in his household, and everyone bought with money—every male in his household—and circumcised them that day, as God had told him. ²⁴Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised. ²⁵His son Ishmael was 13 years old when he was circumcised. ²⁶That same day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. ²⁷All the men of his household, whether born in the household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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Footnotes

[Proper names or foreign words whose meaning is significant for understanding a particular Bible passage are translated in brackets following the name or phrase