Genesis 18:9-15

Isaac's Birth Promised

⁹ They said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "She is _t in the tent." ¹⁰ The Lord said, "I will surely return to you _u about this time next year, and _v Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him. ¹¹ Now _w Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. ¹² _x So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, _y "After I am worn out, and _z my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?" ¹³ The Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?' ¹⁴ _a Is anything too hard ₁ for the Lord? _b At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son." ¹⁵ But Sarah denied it, ₂ saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

1. Cross References
   Genesis 24:67
   Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 18:14
   Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
   2 Kings 4:16
   And he said, "At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 17:19
   God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
   Genesis 17:21
   But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.
   Genesis 21:2
   And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
   Romans 9:9
   For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 17:17
   Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
   Romans 4:19
   He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead ( since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
   Hebrews 11:11 - 12
   By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
   
5. Cross References
   Genesis 17:17
   Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
   
6. Cross References
   Luke 1:18
   And Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.
   
7. Cross References
   1 Peter 3:6
   As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
   
8. Cross References
   Job 42:2
   I know that you can do all things, and that no ...
   Jeremiah 32:17
   Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heave...
   Jeremiah 32:27
   Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is...
   Zechariah 8:6
   Thus says the Lord of hosts: If it is marvelous...
   Matthew 19:26
   But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man th...
   Luke 1:37
   For nothing will be impossible with God.
   
9. Cross References
   Genesis 18:10
   The Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.