Sarai and Hagar

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had ^uborne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.

Isaac’s Birth Promised

15 And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, ^myou shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah¹ shall be her name. 16 I will bless her, and moreover, I will give² you a son ⁿby her. I will bless her, and ^oshe shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and ^plaughed and said to himself, ^q“Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? ^rShall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” 18 And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” 19 God said, ^s“No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall ^tcall his name Isaac.³ I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

10 The Lord said, ^e“I will surely return to you about this time next year, and ^fSarah your wife shall have a son.” ^gAnd Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him. 11 ^hNow Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. 12 So Sarah ⁱlaughed to herself, saying, ^j“After I am worn out, and ^kmy lord is old, shall I have pleasure?” 13 The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’ 14 ^lIs anything too hard¹ for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”