Genesis 18:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.”
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“Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he saith, `returning I return unto thee, about the time of life, and lo, to Sarah thy wife a son.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 18:10 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 16:10Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
- Genesis 17:16And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
- Genesis 17:19But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
- Genesis 17:21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
- Genesis 18:13And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
- Genesis 21:2So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
- Genesis 22:15And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
- Judges 13:3The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
- 2 Kings 4:16And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
- Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
- Romans 9:8So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
- Galatians 4:23His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
- Galatians 4:28Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
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