Genesis 18:2–15

²He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them and bowed down to the ground.^{* 3}He said, “My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant. ⁴Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.^{* 5}Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.”^{* 6}And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah and said, “Make ready quickly three measures^g of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes.” ⁷Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. ⁸Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared and set it before them, and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.^*

⁹They said to him, “Where is your wife Sarah?” And he said, “There, in the tent.” ¹⁰Then one said, “I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him.^{* 11}Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.^{* 12}So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I be fruitful?”^{* 13}The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’ ¹⁴Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.”^{* 15}But Sarah denied, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “Yes, you did laugh.”