Genesis 17:21

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Genesis 17:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

22 When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

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Genesis 21:10

and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

Genesis 21:11

Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

Genesis 26:2

The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

Genesis 26:3

Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

Genesis 26:5

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Genesis 46:1

So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Genesis 48:15

Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

Exodus 2:24

So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Exodus 3:6

Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Luke 1:55

as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”

Luke 1:72

to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

Romans 9:5

Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

Romans 9:6

It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

Romans 9:9

For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”

Galatians 3:29

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

Hebrews 11:9

By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

Genesis 18:10

Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Genesis 21:2

So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

Genesis 21:3

And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

Job 14:13

If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

Acts 1:7

Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.