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)

¹⁹ Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,^(I) and you will call him Isaac.^[a](J) I will establish my covenant with him^(K) as an everlasting covenant^(L) for his descendants after him. ²⁰ And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers.^(M) He will be the father of twelve rulers,^(N) and I will make him into a great nation.^{(O) 21} But my covenant^(P) I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you^(Q) by this time next year.”^(R)