Genesis 17:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed(A) and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?”
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Genesis 17:17
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17 Abraham fell facedown;(A) he laughed(B) and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?(C) Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”(D)
Romans 4:19
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19 He considered[a] his own body to be already dead(A) (since he was about 100 years old)(B) and also considered the deadness of Sarah’s womb,(C) without weakening in the faith.
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- Romans 4:19 Other mss read He did not consider
Romans 4:19
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19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(A)—since he was about a hundred years old(B)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(C)
Hebrews 11:11-12
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11 By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she[a] considered that the One who had promised was faithful.(A) 12 Therefore from one man—in fact, from one as good as dead—came offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as innumerable as the grains of sand by the seashore.(B)
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- Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren—received the ability to procreate since he
Hebrews 11:11-12
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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. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(D) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(E)
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- 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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