Genesis 18:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then they asked him,“Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied,“There, in the tent.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 24:67 : 67 Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
  • Gen 31:33 : 33 So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.
  • Titus 2:5 : 5 to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.
  • Gen 4:9 : 9 Then the LORD said to Cain,“Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied,“I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?”

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  • Gen 18:10-16
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    10 One 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.

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

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

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

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

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

    16 Abraham Pleads for Sodom When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom.(Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

  • Gen 18:5-8
    4 verses
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    5 And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.”“All right,” they replied,“you may do as you say.”

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

    7 Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

    8 Abraham then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them. They ate while he was standing near them under a tree.

  • Gen 18:1-3
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    1 Three Special Visitors The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

    2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

    3 He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

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

    12 When the Egyptians see you they will say,‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.

  • Gen 12:18-19
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    18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

    19 Why did you say,‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

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

  • 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?”

  • 13 When God made me wander from my father’s house, I told her,‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me,“He is my brother.”’”

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

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

  • 19 God 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.

  • 23 “Whose daughter are you?” he asked.“Tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

  • 9 So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said,“She is really your wife! Why did you say,‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied,“Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.”

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

  • 19 After 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.

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

  • 15 Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”

  • 2 So 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.

  • 7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied,“She is my sister.” He was afraid to say,“She is my wife,” for he thought to himself,“The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”

  • 11 Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’