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Genesis 17:21

Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

In Context

20Likewise, concerning Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless and enlarge him, and I will multiply him greatly. He will produce twelve leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

22And when he had finished speaking with him, God ascended from Abraham.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:10And he said to him, “When returning, I will come to you at this time, with life as a companion, and your wife Sarah will have a son.” Hearing this, Sarah laughed behind the door of the tent.

Genesis 21:2And she conceived and gave birth to a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold to her.

Genesis 26:2And the Lord appeared to him, and he said: “Do not descend into Egypt, but rest in the land that I will tell you,

Genesis 48:15And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and he said: “God, in whose sight my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, walked; God, who pastured me from my youth until the present day;

Exodus 3:6And he said, “I am the God of your father: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face, for he dared not look directly at God.

Luke 1:55just as he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:16-23

15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!… Read the whole commentary →

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