Genesis 18:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
  • Heb 11:11-12 : 11 By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy. 12 So in fact children were fathered by one man– and this one as good as dead– like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore.
  • Heb 11:19 : 19 and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.
  • Gen 17:24 : 24 Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;
  • Gen 31:35 : 35 Rachel said to her father,“Don’t be angry, my lord. I cannot stand up in your presence because I am having my period.” So he searched thoroughly, but did not find the idols.
  • Lev 15:19 : 19 Female Bodily Discharges“‘When a woman has a discharge and her discharge is blood from her body, she is to be in her menstruation seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.
  • Luke 1:18 : 18 Zechariah said to the angel,“How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”
  • Luke 1:36 : 36 “And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age– although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!
  • Rom 4:18-21 : 18 Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement,“so will your descendants be.” 19 Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead(because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God. 21 He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do.

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  • Gen 18:12-15
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    12So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking,“After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”

    13The LORD said to Abraham,“Why did Sarah laugh and say,‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’

    14Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”

    15Then Sarah lied, saying,“I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. But the LORD said,“No! You did laugh.”

  • Gen 21:1-2
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    1The Birth of Isaac The LORD visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

    2So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

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

    16I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”

    17Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

    18Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gen 18:9-10
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    9Then they asked him,“Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied,“There, in the tent.”

    10One of them said,“I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!”(Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

    18For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

  • Gen 11:30
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    30But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

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

    6Sarah said,“God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

    7She went on to say,“Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!”

  • Rom 4:19
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    19Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead(because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

  • Heb 11:11
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    11By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

  • Gen 24:1
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    1The Wife for Isaac Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in everything.

  • Gen 16:1-2
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    1The Birth of Ishmael Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

    2So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.

  • Gen 23:1-2
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    1The Death of Sarah Sarah lived 127 years.

    2Then she died in Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

  • Gen 24:36
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    36My master’s wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.

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

  • Luke 1:7
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    7But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

  • Gen 12:11
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    11As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,“Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

  • Rom 9:9
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    9For this is what the promise declared:“About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son.”

  • Gen 17:24
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    24Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;

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

  • Gen 25:7-8
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    7Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

    8Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors.

  • Gen 18:6
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    6So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah,“Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.”

  • Gen 23:19
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    19After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre(that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 22:20
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    20After these things Abraham was told,“Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor–

  • Gen 19:31
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    31Later the older daughter said to the younger,“Our father is old, and there is no man in the country to sleep with us, the way everyone does.