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19 But God answered:

No! You and Sarah will have a son. His name will be Isaac,[a] and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.

20 However, I have heard what you asked me to do for Ishmael, and so I will also bless him with many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make his family a great nation. 21 But your son Isaac will be born about this time next year, and the promise I am making to you and your family will be for him and his descendants forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 17.19 Isaac: In Hebrew “Isaac” sounds like “laugh.”

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