Genesis 18:10 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁰ And He said, “I shall certainly return to you according to the time of life, and see, Sarah your wife is to have a son!” And Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ [The Lord] said, I will surely return to you when the season comes round, and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son. And Sarah was listening and heard it at the tent door which was behind Him. [Rom. 9:9-12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Then one of the men said, “I will definitely return to you about this time next year. Then your wife Sarah will have a son!” Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ And he said to him, "When returning, I will come to you at this time, with life as a companion, and your wife Sarah will have a son." Hearing this, Sarah laughed behind the door of the tent.

Genesis 18:10 Cross References

Genesis 16:10

And the Messenger of יהוה  said to her, “I am going to increase your seed greatly, too numerous to be counted.”

Genesis 17:16

“And I shall bless her and also give you a son by her. And I shall bless her, and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from her.”

Genesis 17:19

And Elohim said, “No, Sarah your wife is truly bearing a son to you, and you shall call his name Yitsḥ

Genesis 17:21

“But My covenant I establish with Yitsḥ

Genesis 18:9

And they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “See, in the tent.”

Genesis 21:1

And יהוה  visited Sarah as He had said, and יהוה  did for Sarah as He had spoken.

Genesis 21:2

So Sarah conceived and bore Aḇ

Luke 1:13

But the messenger said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zeḵ

Galatians 4:23

But he who was of the female servant was born according to the flesh, and he of the free woman through promise.

Galatians 4:28

And we, brothers, as Yitsḥ