Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionAbraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.New Living TranslationAbraham and Sarah were both very old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age of having children.English Standard VersionNow Abraham...
Ten years after returning to Canaan, Abraham and Sarah were still childless. Sarah suggested that Abraham have a child with her Egyptian handmaid Hagar, to which he agreed. This produced stress between Sarah and Hagar, as Sarah protested to her husband that the handmaid no longer regarded her ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version“This,” said the LORD, “is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”New Living Translation“Perform this sign,” the LORD to...
and all the trees within the borders of the field -- was deeded18to Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of the city.19Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) ...
”13TheLordsaid to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’14Is anything too wonderful for theLord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.”15But Sarah denied, saying, “I did not ...
Then he said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." (18:9-10a)In verse 10a, the NIV identifies the speaker as Yahweh, "the Lord," though his identity isn't clarified until verse 13. It is possible that the guests have ...
”[d]19Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.20Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthenedin his fai...
Isaac was not born to Abraham and Sarah until Abraham was 100 years old, a quarter century after the initial promise was made. (Gen. 21:1-7) All the while, Abraham had faith. The story of Abraham and Isaac is not just a story about Abraham’s faith, but of how God is revealed th...
Three angels visit Abraham and Sarah. Abraham, at age 99 and having only one child Ishmael, who was then 13 years old, must have been content that he had secured the covenant he had sought with the Lord (Abr. 1:2). He probably wasn't expecting much else to happen. Then the Lord ...
Der Text zitiert die grundlegende Verheißung in Gen 12 und auch die Verheißung eines Sohnes für Abraham und Sarah in Gen 18, und doch liegt der Schwerpunkt der Argumentation ausschließlich auf dem Glauben und dem Vertrauen von Abraham und Sarah. Auch hier spielen weder die Abs...