41 The Hebrew verb פָּלָא (pala’) means “to be wonderful, to be extraordinary, to be surpassing, to be amazing.”
42 Sarah will have a son. The passage brings God’s promise into clear focus. As long as it was a promise for the future, it really could be believed without much involvement. But now, when it seemed so impossible from the human standpoint, when the Lord fixed an exact date for the birth of the child, the promise became rather overwhelming to Abraham and Sarah. But then this was the Lord of creation, the one they had come to trust. The point of these narratives is that the creation of Abraham’s offspring, which eventually became Israel, is no less a miraculous work of creation than the creation of the world itself.

In other versions

Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

Is anything impossible for the Lord? At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.”

Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

Is anything too difficult for Yahweh? At the appointed time I will return to you in the spring and Sarah shall have a son.”

Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

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