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6 So Abraham ran back to the tent and said to Sarah, “Hurry! Get three large measures of your best flour, knead it into dough, and bake some bread.”
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So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”
7 Then Abraham ran out to the herd and chose a tender calf and gave it to his servant, who quickly prepared it.
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Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
8 When the food was ready, Abraham took some yogurt and milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to the men. As they ate, Abraham waited on them in the shade of the trees.
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He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.
9 “Where is Sarah, your wife?” the visitors asked. “She’s inside the tent,” Abraham replied.
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“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him. “There, in the tent,” he said.
10 Then one of them said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!” Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent.
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Then one of them 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 both very old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age of having children.
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Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.
12 So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?”
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So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?’
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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 about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
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Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
15 Sarah was afraid, so she denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh.” But the LORD said, “No, you did laugh.”
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Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”
16 Then the men got up from their meal and looked out toward Sodom. As they left, Abraham went with them to send them on their way.
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When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.
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