Genesis 18:2–15

²Abraham looked up^e and saw three men^f standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.^g

³He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes,^h my lord,^a do not pass your servantⁱ by. ⁴Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet^j and rest under this tree. ⁵Let me get you something to eat,^k so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.”

“Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”

⁶So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs^b of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”^l

⁷Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf^m and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. ⁸He then brought some curdsⁿ and milk^o and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them.^p While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

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

“There, in the tent,^r” he said.

¹⁰Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,^s and Sarah your wife will have a son.”^t

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. ¹¹Abraham and Sarah were already very old,^u and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.^{v 12}So Sarah laughed^w to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord^x is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

¹³Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’^{y 14}Is anything too hard for the Lord?^z I will return to you at the appointed time next year,^a and Sarah will have a son.”^b

¹⁵Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.”

But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”