Abraham bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.”
Genesis 21:7 - Easy To Read Version No one thought that I, Sarah, would be able to have Abraham’s child. But I have given Abraham a son even though he is old.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
Abraham bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.”
Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Sarah laughed and said she was too old to have a baby.
Isaac continued to grow. Soon he was old enough to begin eating solid food. So Abraham gave a big party.
So the sister of Tahpenes married Hadad. They had a son named Genubath. Queen Tahpenes allowed Genubath to grow up in Pharaoh’s house with his children.
The next morning, I woke up and was ready to feed my baby. But I saw that the baby was dead. Then I looked at it more closely. I saw that it was not my baby.”
God, you are great!\par You do amazing things!\par You, and you only, are God!\par
There is none like you, God.\par No person can do what you have done.\par
Then you will say to yourself,\par ‘Who gave me all these children?\par This is very good!\par I was sad and lonely.\par I was defeated and away from my people.\par So who gave me these children?\par Look, I was left alone.\par Where did all these children come from?’”\par
Curse the man that told my father\par the news that I was born.\par “You have a son,” he said.\par “It is a boy!”\par He made my father very happy\par when he told him that news.\par
There is no power that can defeat the people of Jacob. [297] There is no magic that can stop the people of Israel. People will say this about Jacob and about the people of Israel: ‘Look at the great things God did!’
God’s purpose was that all the rulers and powers in the heavenly places will now know the many different ways God shows his wisdom. They will know this because of the church. {\cf2\super [25]}
This will happen on the day when the Lord \{Jesus\} comes. Jesus will come to receive glory with his holy people. {\cf2\super [2]} And all the people who have believed will be amazed at Jesus. You will be in that group of believers, because you believed the things we told you.