¹⁶I will give her my blessing. You can be sure that I will give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations. Kings of nations will come from her.”

¹⁷Abraham fell with his face to the ground. He laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man who is 100 years old? Will Sarah have a child at the age of 90?”

¹⁸Abraham said to God, “I wish Ishmael could receive your blessing!”

¹⁹Then God said, “I will bless Ishmael. But your wife Sarah will have a son by you. And you will name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him. It will be a covenant that lasts forever. It will be for Isaac and for his family after him.

²⁰“As for Ishmael, I have heard you. You can be sure that I will bless him. I will give him children. I will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of 12 rulers. And I will make him into a great nation.

²¹“But I will establish my covenant with Isaac. By this time next year, Sarah will have a son by you.”

²²When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God left him.

²³On that very day Abraham circumcised his son Ishmael. He also circumcised every male who was born in his house or bought with his money. He did exactly as God had told him. ²⁴Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised. ²⁵His son Ishmael was 13.

²⁶Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that same day. ²⁷And every male in Abraham’s house was circumcised along with him. That included those who were born in his house or bought from a stranger.

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