Quotes about Abraham
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
- Genesis 17:15
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
- Genesis 17:17
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
- Genesis 17:18
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
- Genesis 17:20
When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
- Genesis 17:22
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
- Genesis 17:23
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
- Genesis 17:24
and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
- Genesis 17:25
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
- Genesis 17:26
And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.
- Genesis 17:27
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
- Genesis 18:1
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
- Genesis 18:2