Editing Sarah (section)

====Isaac====
In {{Bibleverse||Genesis|17|HE}} when Abram was ninety-nine years old, God declared his new name: "Abraham"&nbsp;– "a father of many nations", and gave him the covenant of circumcision. God gave Sarai the new name "Sarah", and blessed her.<ref>{{Bibleverse||Genesis|17:1–27|HE}}</ref> Abraham was given assurance that Sarah would have a son. Not long afterwards, Abraham and Sarah were [[Abraham#Three visitors|visited by three men]]. One of the visitors told Abraham that upon his return next year, Sarah would have a son. While at the tent entrance, Sarah overheard what was said, and she laughed to herself about the prospect of having a child at their ages. The visitor inquired of Abraham why Sarah laughed at the idea of bearing a child, for her age was as nothing to God. Sarah soon became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham, at the very time which had been spoken. The patriarch, then a hundred years old, named the child "[[Isaac]]" (Hebrew yitschaq, "laughter") and circumcised him when he was eight days old.<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|21:4|9}}</ref> For Sarah, the thought of giving birth and nursing a child, at such an old age, also brought her much laughter, as she declared, "God had made me to laugh, ''[so that]'' all that hear will laugh with me."<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|21:6–7|9}}</ref> Abraham held a great feast on the day when Isaac was to be weaned. It was during this banquet that Sarah happened upon the then teenaged Ishmael mocking Isaac<ref>{{Bibleverse||Genesis|21:9|HE}}</ref> and was so disturbed that she requested that both he and Hagar be banished.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Genesis|21:10|HE}}</ref> Abraham was initially distressed by this but relented when told by God to do as his wife had asked.<ref>{{Bibleverse||Genesis|21:12|HE}}</ref>