Genesis 18:6–15

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

SARAH LAUGHS

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

“There, in the tent,” he answered.

¹⁰The 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.

¹¹Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years.^E Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.^{b 12}So she laughed to herself: “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I have delight?”^c

¹³But the Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old?’ ¹⁴Is anything impossible for the Lord?^d At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.”

¹⁵Sarah denied it. “I did not laugh,” she said, because she was afraid.

But he replied, “No, you did laugh.”