Genesis 15:1-6; Genesis 21:1-7

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Genesis 15:1-6

1 Some time later the word of ADONAI came to Avram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Avram. I am your protector; your reward will be very great."
2 Avram replied, "ADONAI, God, what good will your gifts be to me if I continue childless; and Eli'ezer from Dammesek inherits my possessions?
3 You haven't given me a child," Avram continued, "so someone born in my house will be my heir."
4 But the word of ADONAI came to him: "This man will not be your heir. No, your heir will be a child from your own body."
5 Then he brought him outside and said, "Look up at the sky, and count the stars - if you can count them! Your descendants will be that many!"
6 He believed in ADONAI, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Genesis 21:1-7

1 ADONAI remembered Sarah as he had said, and ADONAI did for Sarah what he had promised.
2 Sarah conceived and bore Avraham a son in his old age, at the very time God had said to him.
3 Avraham called his son, born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Yitz'chak.
4 Avraham circumcised his son Yitz'chak when he was eight days old, as God had ordered him to do.
5 Avraham was one hundred years old when his son Yitz'chak [laughter] was born to him.
6 Sarah said, "God has given me good reason to laugh; now everyone who hears about it will laugh with me."
7 And she said, "Who would have said to Avraham that Sarah would nurse children? Nevertheless, I have borne him a son in his old age!"
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.