Genesis 18:10

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Summary

And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

He said

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Genesis 17:21

Genesis 21:2

2 Kings 4:16

Lo, sarah

Bible References

He said

The Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child when I am old?'

I will greatly multiply your descendants," the Lord's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous to count."

The Lord's angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven

According

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

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

He said, "About this time next year you will be holding a son." She said, "No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!"

Lo, sarah

I 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!"

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

The Lord's angelic messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, "You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.

This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.