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 16:14   (Read all of Genesis 16)

That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi ; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 16:15   (Read all of Genesis 16)

So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

Genesis 17:1   (Read all of Genesis 17)

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty ; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.

Genesis 17:3   (Read all of Genesis 17)

Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

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 17:15   (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 17:17   (Read all of Genesis 17)

Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"

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."

Genesis 17:22   (Read all of Genesis 17)

When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

Genesis 17:23   (Read all of Genesis 17)

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.

Genesis 17:25   (Read all of Genesis 17)

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

Genesis 17:26   (Read all of Genesis 17)

Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day.

Genesis 18:1   (Read all of Genesis 18)

The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.