¹⁷Abraham fell facedown;^e he laughed^f and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?^g Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”^h ¹⁸And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmaelⁱ might live under your blessing!”^j

¹⁹Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,^k and you will call him Isaac.^d^l I will establish my covenant with him^m as an everlasting covenantⁿ for his descendants after him.

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Footnotes

dIsaac means he laughs.

Cross references

eSee ver 3
f Ge 18:12; 21:6
gSee Ge 12:4
h Ge 18:11, 13; 21:7; 24:1, 36; Jer 20:15; Lk 1:18; Ro 4:19; Gal 4:23; Heb 11:11
iSee Ge 16:15
j Ge 21:11
kSee ver 6, 21; Ge 18:14; 21:2; 1 Sa 1:20
lSee Ge 16:11; Mt 1:21; Lk 1:13, 31
m Ge 26:3; 50:24; Ex 13:11; Dt 1:8
nSee Ge 9:16; See Gal 3:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. “How could I become a father at the age of 100?” he thought. “And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?” So Abraham said to God, “May Ishmael live under your special blessing!”

But God replied, “No—Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed. And he said in his heart, “Can a child be born to a man a hundred years old, or can Sarah bear a child at ninety?” And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” And God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear a son for you, and you shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant to his offspring after him.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

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