Genesis 18:6–15

⁶So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “¹Quickly, prepare three ²measures of fine flour, knead it and make bread cakes.”

⁷Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a tender and ¹choice calf and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare it.

⁸He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree ¹as they ate.

⁹Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “There, in the tent.”

¹⁰He said, “^aI will surely return to you ¹at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.

¹¹Now ^aAbraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was ^bpast ¹childbearing.

¹²Sarah laughed ¹to herself, saying, “^aAfter I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my ^blord being old also?”

¹³And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed ¹bear a child, when I am so old?’

¹⁴“^aIs anything too ¹difficult for the Lord? At the ^bappointed time I will return to you, ²at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

¹⁵Sarah denied it however, saying, “I did not laugh”; for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh.”