Genesis 17:15-Genesis 18:21 - Isaac's Birth Promised
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, - but, Sarah, is her name; 16 and I will bless her, yea moreover will give - from her - to thee, a son, - And I will bless her, and she shall become nations. Kings of peoples, from her, shall arise.
17 And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, - and said in his heart To one a hundred years old, shall a child be born? And shall even Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth? 18 And Abraham said unto God, - Oh that, Ishmael, might live before thee!
19 And God said - Truly, Sarah thy wife, is about to bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name, Isaac, - and I will establish my covenant with him as an age-abiding covenant, to his seed after him. 20 Yet as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; o! I have blessed trim and will make him fruitful, and multiply him, exceedingly, - twelve princes, shall he beget, and I will grant him to be a great nation; 21 But my covenant, will I establish with Isaac, - whom Sarah shall bear, to thee, by this set time, in the next year. 22 And he left off speaking with him, - and God went up from Abraham.
23 So Abraham took Ishmael his son and all born of his house and all bought with his silver - every male among the men of the house of Abraham, - and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on this selfsame day, according to that which God had spoken with him. 24 Now Abraham, was ninety-nine years old, - when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 On this selfsame day, was Abraham circumcised, - and Ishmael his son; 27 and, all the men of his house, born of his house, and bought with silver from the son of a stranger, were circumcised with him.
1 And Yahweh appeared unto him among the oaks of Mamre, - as, he, was sitting at the opening of the tent in the heat of the day. 2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! three men, standing over against him, - so he looked and ran to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bowed himself to the earth; 3 and said, - O My Lord! if, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, do not I pray thee pass on from thy servant. 4 Let there be fetched, I pray thee a little water, and bathe ye your feet, - and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And let me fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart, Afterwards, ye may pass on, For on this account, have ye passed by, over against your servant. And they said, Thus, shalt thou do as thou hast spoken.
6 So Abraham hastened towards the tent unto Sarah, - and said, Hasten thou three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make hearth-cakes. 7 And unto the herd, ran Abraham, - and took a calf tender and good and gave unto the young man, and he hastened to make it ready. 8 And he took butter and milk and the calf that he had made ready, and set before them, - while, he, was standing near them under the tree, they did eat.
9 And they said unto him, As to Sarah thy wife -- And he said Lo! she is in the tent.
10 And he said, I will, surely return, unto thee at the quickening season, - and lo! a son for Sarah thy wife. Now Sarah, was hearkening at the opening of the tent, it, being behind him.
11 But Abraham and Sarah, were old, far gone in days, - it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 So then Sarah laughed within herself, saying: After I am past age, hath there come to me pleasure, my lord, also being old?
13 And Yahweh said unto Abraham, - Wherefore now did Sarah laugh saying. Can it really and truly be that I should bear, seeing that have become old? 14 Is anything, too wonderful for Yahweh? At the appointed time, I will return unto thee, at the quickening season and Sarah, shall have a son.
15 And Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not, For she was afraid. And he said - Nay! but thou didst laugh!
16 And the men rose up from hence, and looked out over the face of Sodom, - Abraham also going with them to set them on their way. 17 Now, Yahweh, had said, - Am I going to hide from Abraham what I do, 18 when, Abraham, shall surely become, a great and mighty nation, - and all the nations of the earth, shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice. To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him. 20 So Yahweh said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah, because it hath become great, - And their sin, because it hath become exceeding grievous, 21 Let me go down, pray, and let me behold, whether according to their outcry which hath come in unto me, they have done altogether, And if not. I must know!