Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed. And he said in his heart, "{Can a child be born to a man a hundred years old}, or {can Sarah bear a child at ninety}?"
New American Standard Bible
Then Abraham
King James Version
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Holman Bible
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed
International Standard Version
Abraham fell to the ground, laughed, and told himself, "Can a child be born to a 100-year-old man? Can a 90-year-old Sarah give birth?"
A Conservative Version
Then Abraham fell upon 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?
American Standard Version
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Amplified
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
Bible in Basic English
Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
Darby Translation
And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
Julia Smith Translation
And Abraham will fall upon his face and laugh, and will say in his heart, Shall there be born to the son of a hundred years? and shall Sarah the daughter of ninety years, bring forth?
King James 2000
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Modern King James verseion
And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sara, that is ninety years old, bear?"
NET Bible
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?"
New Heart English Bible
Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"
The Emphasized Bible
And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, - and said in his heart To one a hundred years old, shall a child be born? And shall even Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?
Webster
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
World English Bible
Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"
Youngs Literal Translation
And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, 'To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?'
Themes
Barrenness » Miraculously removed, instances of » Sarai
Children » Sometimes born when parents were old
Covenant » Instances of » Abraham
Covenant » The covenant with abraham
Distrust » Of religious men » Abraham, when promised a child in old age
isaac » The miraculous son of abraham » Prophecies concerning
isaac » The miraculous son of abraham
Miracles » Catalogue of » The conception of isaac
Sarah » Also called sarai » Her miraculous conception of isaac
Scepticism » Of religious men » Abraham, when promised a child in old age
Unbelief » Of religious men » Abraham, when promised a child in old age
Interlinear
Naphal
Paniym
Leb
Yalad
me'ah
Shaneh (in pl. only),
שׁנה שׁנה
Shaneh (in pl. only),
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 17:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abram And Circumcision, The Sign Of The Covenant
16 And I will bless her; moreover, I give to you from her a son. And I will bless her, and {she shall give rise to nations}. Kings of peoples shall come from her." 17 And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed. And he said in his heart, "{Can a child be born to a man a hundred years old}, or {can Sarah bear a child at ninety}?" 18 And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
Cross References
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; all who hear will laugh for me."
Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell upon his face and God spoke with him, saying,
Genesis 18:12
So Sarah laughed to herself saying, "After I am worn out and my husband is old, shall [this] pleasure be to me?"
John 8:56
Abraham your father rejoiced that he would see my day, and he saw [it] and was glad."
Leviticus 9:24
Then a fire went out {from before} Yahweh, and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And all the people saw [it], so they shouted [for joy], and they fell on their faces.
Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces {before} the assembly of the community of the {Israelites}.
Numbers 16:22
And they fell on their faces, and they said, "God, God of the spirits of all flesh, will one man sin and you become angry toward the entire community?"
Numbers 16:45
"Get away from the midst of this community, and I will finish them in an instant," but they fell on their faces.
Deuteronomy 9:18
And [then] I lay prostrate {before} Yahweh, as earlier, forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food and I did not drink water because of all your sins that you committed, by doing evil in the eyes of Yahweh [and so] provoking him.
Deuteronomy 9:25
"And I lay prostrate before Yahweh through forty days, and through forty nights I prostrated myself, because Yahweh intended to kill you.
Joshua 5:14
And he said, "Neither. I have come now [as] the commander of Yahweh's army." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and {he bowed down} and said to him, "What [is] my lord commanding his servant?"
Joshua 7:6
And Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
Judges 13:20
And when the flame went up toward the heaven from the altar, the angel of Yahweh went up in the flame of the altar to heaven while Manoah and his wife [were] watching. And they fell on their faces to the ground.
1 Chronicles 21:16
And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and heaven, with his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
Job 1:20
Then Job arose and tore his outer garment and shaved his head; {then} he fell upon the ground and he worshiped.
Ezekiel 1:28
Like the appearance of a bow that is in the cloud on {a rainy day}, such [was] the radiance around it; [thus was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard a voice speaking.
Daniel 8:17
And he came beside {where I was standing}, and {when he came} I became terrified and I fell prostrate on my face. And he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision [is] for [the] time of [the] end."
Matthew 2:11
And [when they] came into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down [and] worshiped him. And opening their treasure boxes, they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Romans 4:19-20
And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as good as dead, [because he] was approximately a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
Revelation 5:8
And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one of whom had a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 11:16
And the twenty-four elders [who are] seated on their thrones before God fell down on their faces and worshiped God,