¹⁷ Then Abraham fell on his face ^(A)and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” ¹⁸ And Abraham ^(B)said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”

¹⁹ Then God said: “No, ^(C)Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My ^(D)covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

¹¹ Now ^(A)Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and ^[a]Sarah ^(B)had passed the age of childbearing. ¹² Therefore Sarah ^(C)laughed within herself, saying, ^(D)“After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my ^(E)lord being old also?”

¹³ And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ ^14 (F)Is anything too hard for the Lord? ^(G)At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”