¹⁹ God said, “·No, [or Yes, but] Sarah your wife will have a son, and you will name him Isaac [^Crelated to the verb meaning “to laugh”]. I will make my ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] with him to be an ·agreement that continues forever [eternal covenant/treaty] with all his ·descendants [^Lseed].

²¹ But I will make my ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] with Isaac, the son whom Sarah will have at this same time next year.”

³ Abraham named his son Isaac, the son Sarah gave birth to. ⁴ He circumcised [17:10] Isaac when he was eight days old as God had commanded.

⁵ Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born. ⁶ And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh [^Cthe name Isaac is related to a Hebrew word meaning “laugh”]. Everyone who hears about this will laugh ·with [or at] me. ⁷ No one thought that I would ·be able to have Abraham’s child [^Lsuckle/nurse children], but even though Abraham is old I have given him a son.”

Hagar and Ishmael Leave

⁸ Isaac grew, and when he ·became old enough to eat food [was weaned], Abraham gave a great feast [^Lon the day of his weaning]. ⁹ But Sarah saw ·Ishmael [^Lthe son of Hagar the Egyptian] ·making fun of Isaac [laughing; or playing]. ¹⁰ So Sarah said to Abraham, “·Throw [Drive] out this slave woman and her son. Her son should not inherit anything; my son Isaac should receive it all [Gal. 4:21—5:1].”

¹¹ This ·troubled [distressed; upset] Abraham very much because Ishmael was also his son. ¹² But God said to Abraham, “Don’t be ·troubled [distressed; upset] about the boy and the slave woman. Do ·whatever [all] Sarah tells you. ·The descendants I promised you will be from [^LThe seed will be named for you through] Isaac.

² Then God said, “Take your ·only [or precious] son, Isaac, the son you love, and go to the land of Moriah [2 Chr. 3:1; ^Cthe temple would later be built here]. Offer him as a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

³ Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. He took Isaac and two ·servants [or young men] with him. After he cut the wood for the sacrifice, they went to the place God had told them to go. ⁴ On the third day Abraham ·looked up [^Llifted his eyes] and saw the place in the distance. ⁵ He said to his ·servants [or young men], “Stay here with the donkey. My son and I will go over there and worship, and then we will come back to you.”

⁶ Abraham took the wood for the ·sacrifice [^Lwhole burnt offering] and ·gave it to his son to carry [^Lplaced it on his son], but he himself took the knife and the ·fire [or tinder]. So he and his son went on together.

⁷ Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!”

Abraham answered, “Yes, my son.”

Isaac said, “We have the ·fire [or tinder] and the wood, but where is the ·lamb [sheep] ·we will burn as a sacrifice [^Lfor the whole burnt offering]?”

⁸ Abraham answered, “God will ·give us [provide; ^Lsee for] the ·lamb [sheep] for the ·sacrifice [whole burnt offering], my son.”

So Abraham and his son went on together ⁹ and came to the place God had told him about. Abraham built an altar there. He ·laid [arranged] the wood on it and then ·tied up [bound] his son Isaac and laid him on the wood on the altar.