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Genesis 17:21

IsaacSarah
Covenant and promises

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.

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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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
KJV
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
WEB
But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
ASV
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
DARBY
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year.
BLB
And I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this appointed time in the next year.”
ÅB
Men min pakt vil jeg opprette med Isak, som Sara skal føde deg på denne tid neste år.
OTB
Men jeg vil opprette min pakt med Isak, som Sara skal føde deg på denne tiden neste år.”
B1930
Men min pakt vil jeg oprette med Isak, som Sara skal føde dig på denne tid næste år.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 21:2–3

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

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  • Genesis 26:2–5

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

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  • 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.

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  • Romans 9:9

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

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  • Galatians 3:29

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

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  • Romans 9:5–6

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

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  • Genesis 21:10–12

    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!”

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  • Exodus 2:24

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

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