Genesis 17:21
But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this appointed time next year.”
Open English Bible (US)
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In Context
22When he had finished talking with him, God left Abraham.
Cross References
Genesis 18:10One of them said, “I will surely return to you about nine months from now, and then, Sarah your wife will have a son.” But Sarah was listening behind the door of the tent.
Genesis 21:2So Sarah had Abraham’s son in his old age at the fixed time of which God had told him.
Genesis 26:2The Lord appeared to him and said, “Go not down into Egypt; settle in the land of which I will tell you,
Genesis 48:15He then blessed Joseph, saying, “The God whom my forefathers Abraham and Isaac revered and served, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long unto this day,
Luke 1:55as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and his descendants for ever.”
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 →