Verse 11

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well along in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"
  • Heb 11:11-12 : 11 By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised. 12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
  • Heb 11:19 : 19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death as a symbol.
  • Gen 17:24 : 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
  • Gen 31:35 : 35 Rachel said to her father, 'Let my lord not be angry that I cannot stand up in your presence, for I am having my period.' So he searched, but he did not find the household idols.
  • Lev 15:19 : 19 When a woman has her menstrual period, her flow of blood will make her unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.
  • Luke 1:18 : 18 Zechariah said to the angel, 'How can I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.'
  • Luke 1:36 : 36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren.
  • Rom 4:18-21 : 18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.' 19 And without weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, which was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—or the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 being fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised.