Genesis 21:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Genesis 21:7 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“She saith also, `Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 21:7 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:11And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Numbers 23:23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
- Deuteronomy 4:32Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
- 1 Kings 3:21The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
- 1 Kings 11:20And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.
- Psalms 86:8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
- Psalms 86:10For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
- Isaiah 49:21Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
- Isaiah 66:8Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
- Ephesians 3:10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
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