Genesis 17:19
And Elohim said, Sarah thy isha shall bear thee ben indeed; and thou shalt call shmo Yitzchak; and I will establish My Brit (covenant) with him for a Brit Olam, and with his zera after him.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18And Avraham said unto HaElohim, O that Yishmael might live before Thee!
Cross References
Genesis 16:11And the Malach Hashem said unto her, 1 See, thou art with child 1 and shalt bear ben, 1 and shalt call shmo Yishmael; 1 because Hashem shema thy oni (misery). 1
Genesis 18:10And He said, I will certainly return unto thee at this time next year; and, hinei, Sarah thy wife shall have ben (son). And Sarah heard it in the entrance of the ohel, which was behind him.
Genesis 21:3And Avraham called the shem of bno that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Yitzchak.
Genesis 26:3Sojourn in ha'aretz hazot, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy zera, I will give all these lands, and I will perform the shevu'ah (oath) which I swore unto Avraham avichah;
Luke 1:13But the malach said to him, Do not have pachad (fear), Zecharyah. Your tefillah (prayer) was heard and your isha, Elisheva, will bear a ben to you and you will call his shem Yochanan.
Galatians 4:28But you, Achim b'Moshiach, are Bnei HaHavtacha (Sons of the Promise), like Yitzchak. + 4:28 Gn 18:10
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 →