Genesis 18:2-15

2When he lifted up his eyes to see, suddenly, three men were standing right by him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.

3Then he said, “My Lord, if now I have found favor in your eyes, please do not pass by your servant.

4Please let a little water be brought so you can wash your feet, and make yourselves comfortable under the tree.

5And let me bring a bit of bread so that you can refresh yourselves—then you can pass on—since you have passed by your servant. They said, “Do just as you have said.”

6So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quick! Knead three measures of fine flour and prepare bread loaves!”

7Then to the herd Abraham ran and took a young ox, tender and good, and he gave it to the servant, who prepared it quickly.

8Then he took butter and milk and the young ox that he had prepared and set it before them. While he was standing by them under the tree, they ate.

9Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” “There, in the tent,” he said.

10Then He said, “I will most surely return to you in about a year’s time, surprisingly, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind Him.

11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years—Sarah had stopped having the way of women.

12So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I’ve grown decrepit, can I have desire—and my lord so old?”

13Then Adonai said to Abraham, “Why is it that Sarah laughed, saying, ‘Can I really give birth when I am so old?’

14Is anything too difficult for Adonai? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

15Sarah denied it saying, “I didn’t laugh!” For she was afraid. But He said, “No—for you did laugh.”