Genesis 18:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר שׁ֣וֹב אָשׁ֤וּב אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ כָּעֵ֣ת חַיָּ֔ה וְהִנֵּה־בֵ֖ן לְשָׂרָ֣ה אִשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ וְשָׂרָ֥ה שֹׁמַ֛עַת פֶּ֥תַח הָאֹ֖הֶל וְה֥וּא אַחֲרָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer šôḇ ʾāšûḇ to-you kāʿēṯ ḥayyâ and-hinnēh-ḇēn to-Śārâ ʾišteḵā and-Śārâ šōmaʿaṯ peṯaḥ the-ʾōhel and-he ʾaḥărāyw.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *šôḇ*: qal infinitive absolute - returning
• *ʾāšûḇ*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will return
• *kāʿēṯ*: preposition with noun - according to the time
• *ḥayyâ*: adjective, feminine singular - living/reviving
• *hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
• *ḇēn*: noun, masculine singular - son
• *ʾišteḵā*: noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your wife
• *šōmaʿaṯ*: qal participle, feminine singular - hearing/listening
• *peṯaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - entrance of
• *ʾaḥărāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - behind him

Word Meanings

• *šôḇ ʾāšûḇ*: I will surely return (emphatic construction)
• *kāʿēṯ ḥayyâ*: at the time of life/next year/when the season comes around/in the spring

Referenced Verses

• Gen 21:2 : 2 And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
• Gen 17:21 : 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
• Gen 17:19 : 19 And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
• Gen 18:13-14 : 13 And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old? 14 Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.
• Gen 16:10 : 10 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
• Gen 17:16 : 16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother of] nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.
• Gen 22:15-16 : 15 And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
• Judg 13:3-5 : 3 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 5 for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 2 Kgs 4:16-17 : 16 And he said, At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid. 17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.
• Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
• Rom 9:8-9 : 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. 9 For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
• Gal 4:23 : 23 Howbeit the [son] {G3303} by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the [son] by the freewoman [is born] through promise.
• Gal 4:28 : 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.