Genesis 18:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him. “There in the tent,” he replied. 10 One of them[a] said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and Sarah will then have a son.” Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, just behind him.(A) 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years, and Sarah had stopped having her menstrual periods.(B)
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- 18:10 One of them: i.e., the Lord.
Genesis 18:9-11
New International Version
9 “Where is your wife Sarah?”(A) they asked him.
“There, in the tent,(B)” he said.
10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,(C) and Sarah your wife will have a son.”(D)
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old,(E) and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.(F)
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