Genesis 16:5   (Read all of Genesis 16)

Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me."

Genesis 16:6   (Read all of Genesis 16)

"Your slave is in your hands," Abram said. "Do with her whatever you think best." Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.

Genesis 16:8   (Read all of Genesis 16)

And he said, "Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I'm running away from my mistress Sarai," she answered.

Genesis 16:9   (Read all of Genesis 16)

Then the angel of the Lord told her, "Go back to your mistress and submit to her."

Genesis 16:10   (Read all of Genesis 16)

The angel added, "I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count."

Genesis 16:11   (Read all of Genesis 16)

The angel of the Lord also said to her: "You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael,for the Lord has heard of your misery.

Genesis 16:13   (Read all of Genesis 16)

She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "I have now seen the One who sees me."

Genesis 17:2   (Read all of Genesis 17)

Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers."

Genesis 17:4   (Read all of Genesis 17)

"As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

Genesis 17:5   (Read all of Genesis 17)

No longer will you be called Abram ; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:6   (Read all of Genesis 17)

I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

Genesis 17:7   (Read all of Genesis 17)

I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Genesis 17:8   (Read all of Genesis 17)

The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God."

Genesis 17:9   (Read all of Genesis 17)

Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

Genesis 17:10   (Read all of Genesis 17)

This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

Genesis 17:11   (Read all of Genesis 17)

You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

Genesis 17:12   (Read all of Genesis 17)

For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner-those who are not your offspring.

Genesis 17:13   (Read all of Genesis 17)

Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.

Genesis 17:15   (Read all of Genesis 17)

God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

Genesis 17:16   (Read all of Genesis 17)

I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."

Genesis 17:18   (Read all of Genesis 17)

And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!"

Genesis 17:19   (Read all of Genesis 17)

Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 17:20   (Read all of Genesis 17)

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 17:21   (Read all of Genesis 17)

But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year."