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Genesis 18:9-15

9“Whereאַיֵּ֖ה'ai.YehH346is your wifeאִשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ'ish.Te.khaH802Sarahשָׂרָ֣הsa.RahH8283?”they askedוַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵׄלָׄ֔יׄוׄvai.yo.me.Ru 'e.LavH559 H413. “Thereהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009,in the tentבָאֹֽהֶל׃va.'O.helH168,”he repliedוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559.

10Then the LORD saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “I will surely returnH7725to youאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙'e.Lei.khaH413at this time next yearכָּעֵ֣ת חַיָּ֔ה וְהִנֵּה־ka.'Et chai.Yah ve.hi.neh-H6256 H2416 H2009,and your wifeאִשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ'ish.Te.khaH802Sarahלְשָׂרָ֣הle.sa.RahH8283will have a sonבֵ֖ןvenH1121!”Now Sarahוְשָׂרָ֥ה וְה֥וּאve.sa.Rah ve.Hu'H8283 H1931was behind himאַחֲרָֽיו׃'a.cha.RavH310,listeningשֹׁמַ֛עַתsho.Ma.'atH8085at the entranceפֶּ֥תַחPe.tachH6607to the tentהָאֹ֖הֶלha.'O.helH168.

11And Abrahamוְאַבְרָהָ֤םve.'av.ra.HamH85and Sarahוְשָׂרָה֙ve.sa.RahH8283were already oldזְקֵנִ֔יםze.ke.NimH2205and well alongבָּאִ֖יםba.'ImH935in yearsבַּיָּמִ֑יםbai.ya.MimH3117;Sarahלְשָׂרָ֔הle.sa.RahH8283had passedחָדַל֙ לִהְי֣וֹתcha.Dal lih.YotH2308 H1961the age of childbearingאֹ֖רַח כַּנָּשִֽׁים׃'O.rach ka.na.ShimH734 H802.

12Soשָׂרָ֖הsa.RahH8283shelaughedוַתִּצְחַ֥קva.titz.ChakH6711to herselfבְּקִרְבָּ֣הּbe.kir.BahH7130,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, “Afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310I am worn outבְלֹתִי֙ve.lo.TiH1086and my masterוַֽאדֹנִ֖יva.do.NiH113is oldזָקֵֽן׃za.KenH2204,will I now haveהָֽיְתָה־ha.ye.tah-H1961this pleasureעֶדְנָ֔ה'ed.NahH5730?”

13And the LORDיְהוָ֖ה אֶל־Yah.weh 'el-H3068 H413askedוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85, “Whyלָ֣מָּה זֶּה֩La.mah zehH4100 H2088did Sarahשָׂרָ֜הsa.RahH8283laughצָחֲקָ֨הtza.cha.KahH6711and sayלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, ‘Can I reallyהַאַ֥ף אֻמְנָ֛םha.'Af 'um.NamH637 H552bear a childאֵלֵ֖ד'e.LedH3205when I amוַאֲנִ֥יva.'a.NiH589oldזָקַֽנְתִּי׃za.Kan.tiH2204?’

14Is anythingדָּבָ֑רda.VarH1697too difficultהֲיִפָּלֵ֥אha.yi.pa.Le'H6381for the LORDמֵיְהוָ֖הme.Yah.wehH3068?At the appointed timeלַמּוֹעֵ֞דla.mo.'EdH4150I will returnאָשׁ֥וּב'a.ShuvH7725to youאֵלֶ֛יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413—in about a yearכָּעֵ֥ת חַיָּ֖הka.'Et chai.YahH6256 H2416—and Sarahוּלְשָׂרָ֥הu.le.sa.RahH8283will have a sonבֵֽן׃VenH1121.”

15But Sarahשָׂרָ֧ה׀sa.RahH8283was afraidיָרֵ֑אָהya.Re.'ahH3372,soכִּ֣י׀kiH3588she denied itוַתְּכַחֵ֨שׁva.te.kha.CheshH3584and saidלֵאמֹ֛רle.MorH559, “I did notלֹ֥אlo'H3808laughצָחַ֖קְתִּיtza.Chak.tiH6711.” “Noלֹ֖אlo'H3808,”repliedוַיֹּ֥אמֶר׀vai.Yo.merH559the LORD, “butכִּ֥יkiH3588you did laughצָחָֽקְתְּ׃tza.Cha.ketH6711.”

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