19 But God said, “No, but your wife Sarah will bear you (A)a son, and you shall name him [a]Isaac; and (B)I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his [b]descendants after him.

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  1. Genesis 17:19 I.e., he laughs
  2. Genesis 17:19 Lit seed

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 Now (A)Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was (B)past [a]childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed [b]to herself, saying, “(C)After I have become old, am I to have pleasure, my (D)lord being old also?” 13 But the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I actually give birth to a child, when I am so old?’ 14 (E)Is anything too [c]difficult for the Lord? At the (F)appointed time I will return to you, [d]at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

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  1. Genesis 18:11 Lit the way of women
  2. Genesis 18:12 Lit within
  3. Genesis 18:14 Or wonderful
  4. Genesis 18:14 Lit when the time revives

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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(A)So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at (B)the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

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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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