Isaac's Birth Promised
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Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
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"And I will bless her w and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother x of nations; y kings of peoples shall be from her."
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Then Abraham fell on his face z and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"
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And Abraham a said to God, "Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!"
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Then God said: "No, b Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My c covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
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"And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and d will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget e twelve princes, f and I will make him a great nation.
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"But My g covenant I will establish with Isaac, h whom Sarah shall bear to you at this i set time next year."
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Then He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
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So Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very same day, as God had said to him.
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Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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That very same day Abraham was circumcised, and his son Ishmael;
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and j all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
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Then the LORD appeared to him by the a terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
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b So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; c and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,
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and said, "My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant.
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"Please let d a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
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"And e I will bring a morsel of bread, that f you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, g inasmuch as you have come to your servant." They said, "Do as you have said."
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So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes."
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And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it.
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So h he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.
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Then they said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" So he said, "Here, i in the tent."
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And He said, "I will certainly return to you j according to the time of life, and behold, k Sarah your wife shall have a son." (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)
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Now l Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah m had passed the age of childbearing.
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Therefore Sarah n laughed within herself, saying, o "After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my p lord being old also?"
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And the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?'
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q "Is anything too hard for the LORD? r At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son."
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But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid. And He said, "No, but you did laugh!"
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Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them s to send them on the way.
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And the LORD said, t "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,
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"since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be u blessed in him?
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"For I have known him, in order v that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him."
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And the LORD said, "Because w the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their x sin is very grave,
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y "I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, z I will know."
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Genesis 18:10
And He said, "I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son." (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)
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Genesis 35:11
Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.
Galatians 4:31
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
1 Peter 3:6
As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.
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Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
Genesis 36:31
Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel:
1 Samuel 8:22
So the LORD said to Samuel, "Heed their voice, and make them a king." And Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Every man go to his city.
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Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying:
Genesis 18:12
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.
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Genesis 18:23
And Abraham came near and said, "Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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Genesis 18:10
And He said, "I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son." (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)
Genesis 21:2
For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Galatians 4:28
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
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Genesis 22:16
And said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son -
Matthew 1:2
Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.
Luke 3:34
The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor.
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Genesis 16:10
Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, "I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.
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Genesis 25:12 - 16
Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maidservant, bore to Abraham.
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Genesis 21:13
"Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed."
Genesis 21:18
"Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation."
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Genesis 26:2 - 5
Then the LORD appeared to him and said: "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you.
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Genesis 21:2
For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
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Genesis 18:14
"Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son."
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Genesis 18:19
"For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him."
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Genesis 13:18
Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD.
Genesis 14:13
Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.
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Genesis 18:16
Then the men rose from there and looked toward ...
Genesis 18:22
Then the men turned away from there and went to...
Genesis 32:24
Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled w...
Joshua 5:13
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho...
Judges 13:6 - 11
So the woman came and told her husband, saying,...
Hebrews 13:2
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so...
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Genesis 19:1
Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.
1 Peter 4:9
Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
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Genesis 19:2
And he said, "Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant's house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way." And they said, "No, but we will spend the night in the open square.
Genesis 24:32
Then the man came to the house. And he unloaded the camels, and provided straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
Genesis 43:24
So the man brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys feed.
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Judges 6:18
"Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You." And He said, "I will wait until you come back."
Judges 6:19
So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them.
Judges 13:15
Then Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You.
Judges 13:16
And the Angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Though you detain Me, I will not eat your food. But if you offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD." (For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of the LORD.)
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Judges 19:5
Then it came to pass on the fourth day that they arose early in the morning, and he stood to depart; but the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
Psalms 104:15
And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man's heart.
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Genesis 19:8
"See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof."
Genesis 33:10
And Jacob said, "No, please, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present from my hand, inasmuch as I have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
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Genesis 19:3
But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
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Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
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2 Kings 4:16
Then he said, "About this time next year you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your maidservant!
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Genesis 17:19
Then God said: "No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
Genesis 17:21
"But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year."
Genesis 21:2
For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Romans 9:9
For this is the word of promise: "At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.
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Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and ...
Luke 1:18
And Zacharias said to the angel, "How shall I k...
Romans 4:19
And not being weak in faith, he did not conside...
Hebrews 11:11
By faith Sarah herself also received strength t...
Hebrews 11:12
Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead...
Hebrews 11:19
Concluding that God was able to raise him up, e...
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Genesis 31:35
And she said to her father, "Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is with me." And he searched but did not find the household idols.
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Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
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Luke 1:18
And Zacharias said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.
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1 Peter 3:6
As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.
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Numbers 11:23
And the LORD said to Moses, "Has the LORD's arm...
Jeremiah 32:17
Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens...
Zechariah 8:6
Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'If it is marvelou...
Matthew 3:9
And do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have...
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "Wit...
Luke 1:37
"For with God nothing will be impossible."
Romans 4:21
And being fully convinced that what He had prom...
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Genesis 17:21
"But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year."
Genesis 18:10
And He said, "I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son." (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)
2 Kings 4:16
Then he said, "About this time next year you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your maidservant!
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Acts 15:3
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.
Romans 15:24
Whenever I journey to Spain, I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
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Genesis 18:22
Then the men turned away from there and went to...
Genesis 18:26
So the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty rig...
Genesis 18:33
So the LORD went His way as soon as He had fini...
Psalms 25:14
The secret of the LORD is with those who fear H...
Amos 3:7
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He rev...
John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant...
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Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, And I will cu...
Genesis 22:18
"In your seed all the nations of the earth shal...
Matthew 1:1
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the ...
Luke 3:34
The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of ...
Acts 3:25
"You are sons of the prophets, and of the coven...
Acts 3:26
"To you first, God, having raised up His Servan...
Galatians 3:8
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would ju...
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Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 4:10
" especially concerning the day you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'
Deuteronomy 6:6
And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
Deuteronomy 6:7
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
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Genesis 4:10
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Genesis 19:13
"For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it."
Ezekiel 16:49
Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 16:50
And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.
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Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD.
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Genesis 11:5
But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
Exodus 3:8
So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
Psalms 14:2
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
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Deuteronomy 8:2
And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 13:3
You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Joshua 22:22
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, He knows, and let Israel itself know - if it is in rebellion, or if in treachery against the LORD, do not save us this day.
Luke 16:15
And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 11:11
Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!
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