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Then God said to Abraham, "You must keep My agreement, you and your children after you for all time.

This is My agreement between Me and you and your children after you, which you must obey: Every man among you must have this religious act done.

But God said, "No, but your wife Sarah will give birth to your son. And you will give him the name Isaac. I will make My agreement with him and for his children after him, an agreement that will last forever.

For I have chosen him, so that he may teach his children and the sons of his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and fair. So the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has promised him."

So Abraham prayed to God. And God healed Abimelech, his wife and the women who served him, so that they gave birth to children.

She said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet when he is so old I have given him a son."

But God said to Abraham, "Do not be full of sorrow because of the boy and the woman who serves you. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you. For your children and all their children's children after you will be given a name through Isaac.

So promise me here by God that you will not work against me, or my son, or any children after me. I have shown you kindness. So return kindness to me and to the land where you have come."

I will bring good to you. I will add many to the number of your children and all who come after them, like the stars of the heavens and the sand beside the sea. They will take over the cities of those who hate them.

Good will come to all the nations of the earth by your children and their children's children. Because you have obeyed My voice."

Later it was told to Abraham, "Milcah also has given birth to the children of your brother Nahor:

The Lord, the God of heaven, Who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, spoke to me and promised me. He said, ‘I will give this land to your children and to their children's children.' He will send His angel in front of you. And you will take a wife for my son from there.

They prayed that good would come to Rebekah, and said to her, "You are our sister. May you become the mother of millions. May your children and all their children's children after them take over the cities of those who hate them."

These are the children and their children's children of Abraham's son Ishmael, who was born to Abraham and Hagar, who was Sarah's woman servant.

These are the children and their children's children of Abraham's son Isaac. Abraham was the father of Isaac.

Live in this land and I will be with you and bring good to you. For I will give all these lands to you and your children. I will keep the promise I made to your father Abraham.

I will make your children and all your children's children as many as the stars of heaven. I will give these lands to them.

The Lord showed Himself to Isaac that same night, and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring good to you, and add many to the number of your children and their children's children, because of My servant Abraham."

May the All-powerful God bring good to you and give you many children until you become many nations.

May He give you and your children after you the same gift that He gave Abraham. May He give you the land that He gave Abraham, the land where you are now a stranger."