Genesis 17:15-21
New International Version
15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai(A) your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.(B) 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.(C) I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations;(D) kings of peoples will come from her.”
17 Abraham fell facedown;(E) he laughed(F) and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?(G) Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”(H) 18 And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael(I) might live under your blessing!”(J)
19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,(K) and you will call him Isaac.[a](L) I will establish my covenant with him(M) as an everlasting covenant(N) for his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers.(O) He will be the father of twelve rulers,(P) and I will make him into a great nation.(Q) 21 But my covenant(R) I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you(S) by this time next year.”(T)
Footnotes
- Genesis 17:19 Isaac means he laughs.
Genesis 18:6-15
New International Version
6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs[a] of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”(A)
7 Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf(B) and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. 8 He then brought some curds(C) and milk(D) and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them.(E) While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.
9 “Where is your wife Sarah?”(F) they asked him.
“There, in the tent,(G)” he said.
10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,(H) and Sarah your wife will have a son.”(I)
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old,(J) and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.(K) 12 So Sarah laughed(L) to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord(M) is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’(N) 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord?(O) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,(P) and Sarah will have a son.”(Q)
15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.”
But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 18:6 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
Hebrews 11:11
New International Version
11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(A) was enabled to bear children(B) because she[a] considered him faithful(C) who had made the promise.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he
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