Genesis 21:1-8

1 Then the Lord helped Sarah as He had said, and did for her what He had promised. 2 Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son when he was old, and he was born at the time God had said. 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. 4 When he was eight days old Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, as God had commanded him; 5 and Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born.

6 Sarah said, ‘God has made me laugh aloud, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me!’ 7 She went on to say, ‘Who would ever have said to Abraham that Sarah would breast feed children? Yet now I have borne him a son in his old age!’ 8 The child grew and was weaned; and on that same day, his father Abraham held a great feast.

translation by Paul H Ashby © 2008 all rights reserved