The Birth of Isaac

21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah^(A) as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.^(B)

³ What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”^[a](A)

⁹ Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised?^(A) We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.^(B)

²² This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”^(A)

⁶ So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”^[a](A)

²³ And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”^[a](A) and he was called God’s friend.^(B)