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 (17:16)

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? (17:17)

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! (17:18)

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him (17:19)

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. (17:20) com1

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year (17:21)

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham (17:22)

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him (17:23)

And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin (17:24)

And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin (17:25)

In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son (17:26)

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him (17:27)

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