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He took some cream, some milk, and the meat, and set the food before the men. There under the tree he served them himself, and they ate.
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Then they asked him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" "She is there in the tent," he answered.
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One of them said, "Nine months from now I will come back, and your wife Sarah will have a son."
1 Sarah was behind him, at the door of the tent, listening.
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Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah had stopped having her monthly periods.
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So Sarah laughed to herself and said, "Now that I am old and worn out, can I still enjoy sex? And besides, my husband is old too."
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Then the Lord asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, "Can I really have a child when I am so old?'
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Is anything too hard for the Lord? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son."
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Because Sarah was afraid, she denied it. "I didn't laugh," she said. "Yes, you did," he replied. "You laughed."
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Then the men left and went to a place where they could look down at Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on their way.
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And the Lord said to himself, "I will not hide from Abraham what I am going to do.
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His descendants will become a great and mighty nation, and through him I will bless all the nations.