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Genesis 17:16-18
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 17:16-18
Contemporary English Version
16 I will bless her, and you will have a son by her. She will become the mother of nations, and some of her descendants will even be kings.
17 Abraham bowed with his face to the ground and thought, “I am almost 100 years old. How can I become a father? And Sarah is 90. How can she have a child?” So he started laughing. 18 Then he asked God, “Why not let Ishmael[a] inherit what you have promised me?”
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- 17.18 Ishmael: Ishmael was the son of Sarah's slave Hagar (see 16.1-16).
Genesis 17:16-18
New International Version
Genesis 17:16-18
New International Version
16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.(A) I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations;(B) kings of peoples will come from her.”
17 Abraham fell facedown;(C) he laughed(D) and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?(E) Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”(F) 18 And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael(G) might live under your blessing!”(H)
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