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Ask a QuestionAnd God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.
And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.
When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.
The Lord said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,
God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on - since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said."
As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,
So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?"
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."
But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year."
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.
Then the Lord said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,
and said, "O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.
They said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "She is in the tent."