Genesis 18
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Genesis 18:9-15

9They asked him, “Where is your wife Sarah?” He answered, “Over there, in the tent.”

10The Lord said, “I promise I’ll come back to you next year at this time, and your wife Sarah will have a son.” Sarah happened to be listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him.

11Abraham and Sarah were old. Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

12And so Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “Now that I’ve become old, will I enjoy myself again? What’s more, my husband is old!”

13The Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really have a child now that I’m old?’

14Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will come back to you next year at this time, and Sarah will have a son.”

15Because she was afraid, Sarah denied that she had laughed. But the Lord said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

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