7 Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?
Genesis 21:7 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision And again she said: Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore to him in his old age. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children at the breast? For I have borne him a son in his old age! [Heb. 11:12.] American Standard Version (1901) And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age. Common English Bible She said, “Who could have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse sons? But now I’ve given birth to a son when he was old!” Catholic Public Domain Version And again, she said: "Hearing this, who would believe Abraham, that Sarah breast-fed a son, to whom she gave birth, despite being elderly?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And again she said: Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore to him in his old age? |
7 Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?
3 And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sera laugh, saying: Shall I who am an old woman bear a child indeed ?
And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.
5 And he was an adversary to Israel, all the days of Solomon: and this is the evil of Adad, and his hatred against Israel, and he reigned in Syria.
6 But the woman whose child was alive, said to the king, (for her bowels were moved upon her child,) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
7 Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.
5 And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.
I will clothe the heavens with darkness, and will make sackcloth their covering.
6 For the Lord shall judge by fire, and by his sword unto all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, and in fury, and in indignation, and in great wrath.
8 And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,
9 To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
For the mystery of iniquity already worketh; only that he who now holdeth, do hold, until he be taken out of the way.