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Genesis 18:10-12

10And he saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,I will certainlyשׁ֣וֹבShovH7725returnאָשׁ֤וּב'a.ShuvH7725unto thee according to the timeכָּעֵ֣תka.'EtH6256of lifeחַיָּ֔הchai.YahH2416;and, lo, Sarahלְשָׂרָ֣הle.sa.RahH8283thy wifeאִשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ'ish.Te.khaH802shall have a sonבֵ֖ןvenH1121.And Sarahוְשָׂרָ֥הve.sa.RahH8283heardשֹׁמַ֛עַתsho.Ma.'atH8085itin the tentהָאֹ֖הֶלha.'O.helH168doorפֶּ֥תַחPe.tachH6607, which wasbehind himאַחֲרָֽיו׃'a.cha.RavH310.

11Now Abrahamוְאַבְרָהָ֤םve.'av.ra.HamH85and Sarahוְשָׂרָה֙ve.sa.RahH8283wereoldזְקֵנִ֔יםze.ke.NimH2205andwell strickenבָּאִ֖יםba.'ImH935in ageבַּיָּמִ֑יםbai.ya.MimH3117; andit ceasedחָדַל֙cha.DalH2308to be with Sarahלְשָׂרָ֔הle.sa.RahH8283after the mannerאֹ֖רַח'O.rachH734of womenכַּנָּשִֽׁים׃ka.na.ShimH802.

12Therefore Sarahשָׂרָ֖הsa.RahH8283laughedוַתִּצְחַ֥קva.titz.ChakH6711within herselfבְּקִרְבָּ֣הּbe.kir.BahH7130,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310I am waxed oldבְלֹתִי֙ve.lo.TiH1086shall I have pleasureעֶדְנָ֔ה'ed.NahH5730,my lordוַֽאדֹנִ֖יva.do.NiH113being old alsoזָקֵֽן׃za.KenH2204?

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