Genesis 18:13

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Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”'

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  • John 2:25 : 25 He did not need anyone to testify about mankind, for He Himself knew what was in each person.

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  • Gen 18:9-12
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    9They asked him, 'Where is your wife Sarah?' He replied, 'There, in the tent.'

    10Then one of them said, 'I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.' Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him.

    11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well along in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

    12So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, 'After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?'

  • Gen 17:15-19
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    15Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

    16I will bless her and surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.

    17Abraham 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?"

    18And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"

    19Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gen 18:14-18
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    14Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.

    15But Sarah denied it, saying, 'I did not laugh,' because she was afraid. But He replied, 'No, you did laugh.'

    16When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off.

    17Then the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'

    18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gen 21:5-7
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    5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

    6Sarah said, 'God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.'

    7And she added, 'Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.'

  • Gen 21:1-2
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    1The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.

    2Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.

  • Gen 24:36
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    36Sarah, my master’s wife, bore him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could bear children again.

    18For the LORD had completely closed every womb in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Rom 9:9
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    9For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'

  • Gen 16:2
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    2So Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the LORD has prevented me from having children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." And Abram listened to Sarai's voice.

  • Heb 11:11
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    11By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.

  • 2 Kgs 4:16
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    16Then Elisha said, "At this time next year, you will be holding a son in your arms." She replied, "No, my lord, man of God, do not deceive your servant."

  • Gen 20:10-11
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    10And Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What was your reason for doing this?'

    11Abraham replied, 'I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

  • Gen 21:12
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    12But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'

  • Gen 15:2-3
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    2Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

    3And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir."

  • Gen 20:2
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    2Abraham said about Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister,' and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.

  • Rom 4:19
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    19And 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.

  • Luke 1:18
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    18Zechariah said to the angel, 'How can I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.'

  • Gen 24:1
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    1Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in every way.

  • Gen 11:30
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    30Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

  • Gen 12:18
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    18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?"

  • Gen 22:16
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    16and said, 'By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

  • Gen 21:9
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    9But Sarah saw the son whom Hagar, the Egyptian, had borne to Abraham laughing mockingly.

  • Gen 25:22
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    22The children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, 'If it is like this, why is this happening to me?' So she went to inquire of the LORD.

  • Gen 22:1
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    1After these events, God tested Abraham and said to him, 'Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Gen 18:6
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    6So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, 'Quickly prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.'

  • Gen 16:5
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    5Then Sarai said to Abram, "The wrong done to me is your fault. I gave my maidservant into your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, I am despised in her eyes. May the LORD judge between you and me."