OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 13

Genesis 18:13

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The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’

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Genesis 18:10–16

10

He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.”

Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

11

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

12

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

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The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’

14

Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son.”

15

Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid.

He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

16

The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

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