Genesis 21:2

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Genesis 21:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

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

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

4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

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2 Kings 4:16

And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”

2 Kings 4:17

But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

Luke 1:24

After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,

Luke 1:25

“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”

Luke 1:36

Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.

Acts 7:8

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

Galatians 4:22

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

Hebrews 11:11

By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

Genesis 17:19

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.

Genesis 17:21

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

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 18:14

Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

Romans 9:9

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