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

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

(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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