Holy Scripture
Genesis 17:16
A church father on this verse
“And I will give you a son by her, whom I will bless, and he will become nations, and kings of peoples shall come from him. And notably, not as we read in Greek: God said to Abraham, Your wife Sarai will no longer be called Sarai; in Hebrew it is, You will not call her name Sarai; that is, you will not call her My Prin…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16And I will bless her, and give thee a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.
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In context
14And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant.
15And God said to Abraham, Sarai thy wife—her name shall not be called Sarai, Sarah shall be her name.
— Genesis 17:16 —
17And Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarah who is ninety years old, bear?
18And Abraham said to God, Let this Ishmael live before thee.