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10 The Lord said, ‘I will certainly come back to you in about a year’s time, and your wife Sarah will have a son! ’(A) Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent behind him.

11 Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years.[a] Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.(B) 12 So she laughed to herself: ‘After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I have delight? ’(C)

13 But the Lord asked Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old? ’ 14 Is anything impossible for the Lord?(D) At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.’

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  1. 18:11 Lit days