¹¹ The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.^{(A) 12} But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring^[a] will be reckoned.^{(B) 13} I will make the son of the slave into a nation^(C) also, because he is your offspring.”