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| 10 Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. | 10 Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. |
| 11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. | 11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. |
| 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?" | 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?" |
| 13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' | 13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' |
| 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son." | 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son." |
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