Genesis 18:9-16

English Standard Version

⁹ They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is ^(A)in the tent.” ¹⁰ The Lord said, “I will surely return to you ^(B)about this time next year, and ^(C)Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him. ¹¹ Now ^(D)Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. ^12 (E)So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, ^(F)“After I am worn out, and ^(G)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 (H)Is anything too hard^[a] for the Lord? ^(I)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,^[b] saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

¹⁶ Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way.