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"I will bless her, and indeed I will give you ^(C1)a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; ^(C2)kings of peoples will ^(F1)come from her."

Then Abraham ^(C1)fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to a man a hundred years old? And ^(C2)will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth to a child?"

And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!"

But God said, "No, but your wife Sarah will bear you ^(C1)a son, and you shall name him ^(F1)Isaac; and ^(C2)I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his ^(F2)descendants after him.

"As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and ^(C1)make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly. ^(C2)He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a ^(C3)great nation.

"But I will establish My covenant with ^(C1)Isaac, whom ^(C2)Sarah will bear to you at this season next year."

When He finished talking with him, ^(C1)God went up from Abraham.