Genesis 18:9-15
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) 12 So Sarah laughed[b] to herself and said, “Now that I am worn out and my husband is old, am I still to have sexual pleasure?” 13 But the Lord said to Abraham: “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really bear a child, old as I am?’ 14 Is anything too marvelous for the Lord to do? At the appointed time, about this time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.”(C) 15 Sarah lied, saying, “I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. But he said, “Yes, you did.”
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Genesis 18:9-15
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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) 12 So Sarah laughed(G) to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord(H) 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?’(I) 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord?(J) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,(K) and Sarah will have a son.”(L)
15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.”
But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”
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