Genesis 21:7

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

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  • Gen 18:11-12 : 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well along in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, 'After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?'
  • Num 23:23 : 23 'There is no divination against Jacob, no sorcery against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel: "See what God has done!"'
  • Deut 4:32-34 : 32 Ask now about the days that are past, from the day that God created humanity on the earth, and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of? 33 Has any people heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have heard, and lived? 34 Or has any god ever tried to take for himself a nation from within another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
  • Ps 86:8 : 8 There is none like You among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like Yours.
  • Ps 86:10 : 10 For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
  • Isa 49:21 : 21 Then you will say in your heart, 'Who bore me these children? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and rejected. Who raised these? I was left all alone—where have these come from?'
  • Isa 66:8 : 8 Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
  • Eph 3:10 : 10 so that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places,
  • 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 On that day, when He comes to be glorified among His saints and marveled at by all who have believed—because our testimony to you was believed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 21:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    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.

    3Abraham named his son, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

    4Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, just as God had commanded him.

    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.'

  • Gen 17:15-19
    5 verses
    82%

    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 18:9-15
    7 verses
    81%

    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?'

    13Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”'

    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.'

  • Gen 21:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned, Abraham held a great feast.

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

    10And she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.'

  • Gen 17:21
    75%

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

  • Gen 24:36
    74%

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

  • Rom 9:9
    71%

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

  • Gen 22:20
    71%

    20After these things, it was told to Abraham, 'Behold, Milcah has also borne children to your brother Nahor:

  • Heb 11:11
    71%

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

  • Gen 21:12
    70%

    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 11:30
    70%

    30Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

  • Gen 16:2
    70%

    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.

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Gen 25:22
    69%

    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 21:19
    69%

    19Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

  • Gen 15:3
    69%

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

  • Gen 30:23
    69%

    23She conceived and gave birth to a son and said, 'God has taken away my disgrace.'