"But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year." — Genesis 17:21

Genesis 17:21 · KJV

“But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.”

— Genesis 17:21

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Verse 22

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

Genesis 17 — Context

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, {and} with his seed after him.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

Cross References

Genesis 21:2-3

For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

Genesis 26:2-5

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

Galatians 3:29

And if ye {be} Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Genesis 18:10

And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard {it} in the tent door, which {was} behind him.

Romans 9:5-6

Whose {are} the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ {came}, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Romans 9:9

For this {is} the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

Luke 1:55

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

Exodus 3:6

Moreover he said, I {am} the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.