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Genesis 18:9-13 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

9. and they asked, “Where is your wife Sarah?”“She is there in the tent,” Abraham answered.

10. One of the guests was the Lord, and he said, “I'll come back about this time next year, and when I do, Sarah will already have a son.”Sarah was behind Abraham, listening at the entrance to the tent.

11. Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was well past the age for having children.

12. So she laughed and said to herself, “Now that I am worn out and my husband is old, will I really know such happiness?”

13. The Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Does she doubt that she can have a child in her old age?

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