³ And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant^(A) in my household^(B) will be my heir.”

⁶ Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.^(A)

¹⁷ Abraham fell facedown;^(A) he laughed^(B) and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?^(C) Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”^(D)

¹⁸ Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this?^(A) I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”^(B)