¹⁹ But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac.^[a] I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.

²¹ But I will confirm my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”^(A)

³ Abraham named his son who was born to him—the one Sarah bore to him—Isaac.^{(A) 4} When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.^{(B) 5} Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.^(C)

⁶ Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.”^{[a](D) 7} She also said, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him^[b] in his old age.”

Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away

⁸ The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned. ⁹ But Sarah saw the son mocking—the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham.^{(E) 10} So she said to Abraham, “Drive out this slave with her son, for the son of this slave will not be a coheir with my son Isaac!” ^(F)

¹¹ This was very distressing to^[c] Abraham because of his son. ¹² But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed^[d] about the boy and about your slave. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her, because your offspring will be traced through Isaac,^(G)

² “Take your son,” he said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love,^(A) go to the land of Moriah,^(B) and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

³ So Abraham got up early in the morning,^(C) saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about. ⁴ On the third day^(D) Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. ⁵ Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there to worship; then we’ll come back to you.” ⁶ Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac.^(E) In his hand he took the fire and the knife,^(F) and the two of them walked on together.

⁷ Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, “My father.”

And he replied, “Here I am, my son.”

Isaac said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

⁸ Abraham answered, “God himself will provide^[a](G) the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” Then the two of them walked on together.

⁹ When they arrived at the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac^[b] and placed him on the altar^(H) on top of the wood.