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Genesis 18:6–15

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

7Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calfm and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. 8He then brought some curdsn and milko 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 12So Sarah laughedw to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lordx 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 14Is 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.”

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Genesis 18:14: 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…

Footnotes

  1. bThat is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms

Cross references

  1. lGe 19:3; 2 Sa 13:8
  2. m1 Sa 28:24; Lk 15:23
  3. nIsa 7:15, 22
  4. oJdg 4:19; 5:25
  5. pJdg 6:19
  6. qSee Ge 3:9
  7. rGe 24:67; Heb 11:9
  8. sSee Ge 17:21; 21:2; 2 Ki 4:16
  9. tSee Ge 17:6; Ro 9:9*
  10. uSee Ge 17:17; Lk 1:18
  11. vSee Ge 11:30; Ro 4:19; Heb 11:11–12
  12. wSee Ge 17:17
  13. x1 Pe 3:6
  14. ySee Ge 17:17
  15. zJob 42:2; Isa 40:29; 50:2; 51:9; Jer 32:17, 27; See Mt 19:26; Ro 4:21
  16. aSee ver 10
  17. bSee Ge 17:19; Ro 9:9*; Gal 4:23