¹¹ Now ^(A)Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and ^[a]Sarah ^(B)had passed the age of childbearing.

¹⁷ Then Abraham fell on his face ^(A)and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

¹¹ By faith ^(A)Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and ^(B)she^[a] bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him ^(C)faithful who had promised. ¹² Therefore from one man, and him as good as ^(D)dead, were born as many as the ^(E)stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

¹⁸ who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, ^(A)“So shall your descendants be.” ¹⁹ And not being weak in faith, ^(B)he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), ^(C)and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. ²⁰ He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, ²¹ and being fully convinced that what He had promised ^(D)He was also able to perform.

¹⁹ concluding that God ^(A)was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

³⁶ Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.

¹⁸ And Zacharias said to the angel, ^(A)“How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

⁷ But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.

^19 (A)‘If a woman has a discharge, and the discharge from her body is blood, she shall be ^[a]set apart seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.

³⁵ And she said to her father, “Let it not displease my lord that I cannot ^(A)rise before you, for the manner of women is with me.” And he searched but did not find the ^[a]household idols.