6 So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Knead three measuresB of fine flour and make bread.”C 7 Abraham ran to the herd and got a tender, choice calf. He gave it to a young man, who hurried to prepare it. 8 Then Abraham took curdsD and milk, as well as the calf that he had prepared, and set them before the men. He servedE them as they ate under the tree.

SARAH LAUGHS

9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him.

“There, in the tent,” he answered.

10 The Lord said, “I will certainly come back to you in about a year’s time, and your wife Sarah will have a son!”a Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent behind him.

11 Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years.F Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.b