Hebrews 11:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

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  • Gen 18:11-14 : 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth. 12 And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old? 13 And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child? 14 Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.
  • Heb 10:23 : 23 Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:
  • Rom 4:20-21 : 20 Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God, 21 And being certain that God was able to keep his word.
  • Gen 17:17-19 : 17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth? 18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care! 19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.
  • Gen 21:1-2 : 1 And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken. 2 And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.
  • Luke 1:36 : 36 Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.
  • 1 Pet 3:5-6 : 5 And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands: 6 As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.

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  • Rom 4:16-21
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    16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

    18Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

    19And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

    20Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,

    21And being certain that God was able to keep his word.

  • Gen 21:1-2
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    1And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.

    2And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.

  • Heb 11:6-10
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    6And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.

    7By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

    8By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

    9By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:

    10For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.

  • Gen 18:10-14
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    76%

    10And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

    11Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

    12And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

    13And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

    14Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

  • Heb 11:17-20
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    17By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

    18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

    19Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

    20By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.

  • Rom 9:9-10
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    9For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

    10And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

  • Heb 11:12-13
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    12So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.

    13All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

  • Heb 11:1-3
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    1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.

    2For by it our fathers had God's approval.

    3By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

  • Heb 11:39
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    39And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

  • Gen 17:15-17
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    15And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

    16And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

    17Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

  • Gen 11:30
    72%

    30And Sarai had no child.

  • Gal 3:6
    72%

    6Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Gen 15:6
    71%

    6And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

  • Heb 6:12-13
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    12So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

    13For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

  • Gen 21:5-7
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    71%

    5Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.

    6And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.

    7And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.

  • Rom 4:11
    71%

    11And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

  • Gen 17:19
    70%

    19And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

  • Heb 11:30-31
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    69%

    30By faith the walls of Jericho came down, after they had been circled for seven days.

    31By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.

  • Gen 24:36
    68%

    36And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.