19 But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac.[a] I will confirm My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his future offspring.

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  1. Genesis 17:19 = He Laughs

19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,(A) and you will call him Isaac.[a](B) I will establish my covenant with him(C) as an everlasting covenant(D) for his descendants after him.

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  1. Genesis 17:19 Isaac means he laughs.

11 Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years.[a] Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.[b](A) 12 So she laughed to herself: “After I have become shriveled up and my lord is old, will I have delight?”(B)

13 But the Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old?’ 14 Is anything impossible for the Lord?(C) At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.”

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  1. Genesis 18:11 Lit days
  2. Genesis 18:11 Lit The way of women had ceased for Sarah

11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old,(A) and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.(B) 12 So Sarah laughed(C) to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord(D) is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’(E) 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord?(F) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,(G) and Sarah will have a son.”(H)

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Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had told him.(A)

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Sarah became pregnant and bore a son(A) to Abraham in his old age,(B) at the very time God had promised him.(C)

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