Hebrews 11:11

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Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

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  • Gen 18:11-14 : 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well advanced in age, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old? 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
  • Heb 10:23 : 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful;
  • Rom 4:20-21 : 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. 21 And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.
  • Gen 17:17-19 : 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child? 18 And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before you! 19 And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
  • Gen 21:1-2 : 1 And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as He had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
  • Luke 1:36 : 36 Now, indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.
  • 1 Pet 3:5-6 : 5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands: 6 Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any fear.

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  • Rom 4:16-21
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    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

    18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.

    19And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.

    20He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

    21And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

  • Gen 21:1-2
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    1And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as He had spoken.

    2For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

  • Heb 11:6-10
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    6But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

    7By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out to a place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

    9By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

    10For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

  • Gen 18:10-14
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    10And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

    11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well advanced in age, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

    12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

    13And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?

    14Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • Heb 11:17-20
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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

    19concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

    20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

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

    10And not only this; but Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac;

  • Heb 11:12-13
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    12Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable.

    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Heb 11:1-3
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    1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

    2For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

    3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

  • Heb 11:39
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    39And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

  • Gen 17:15-17
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    15And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

    16And I will bless her and give you a son also by her; yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall come from her.

    17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?

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    30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  • Heb 6:12-13
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    12That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

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

    6And Sarah said, God has made me laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me.

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

  • Rom 4:11
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    11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;

  • Gen 17:19
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    19And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

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

  • Heb 11:30-31
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    30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.

    31By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

  • Gen 24:36
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    36And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has.

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.