(NIV)
God also said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.
And
God said to Abraham, “As for
Sarai your
wife, you shall
not call her
name Sarai,
but Sarah shall be
her name.
(NIV)
Abraham fell face down; he laughed and said to himself, ‘Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?’
Then
Abraham fell on his
face and
laughed and
said to
himself, “Shall a child be
born to a man who is a
hundred years old? Shall
Sarah, who is
ninety years old,
bear a child?”
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
God said, “
No, but
Sarah your
wife shall
bear you a
son, and you shall
call his
name Isaac. I will
establish my
covenant with him as an
everlasting covenant for his
offspring after him.
(NIV)
But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.’
But
I will
establish my
covenant with Isaac,
whom Sarah shall
bear to you at this
time next year.”
(NIV)
So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. ‘Quick,’ he said, ‘get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.’
And
Abraham went
quickly into the
tent to Sarah and
said, “
Quick!
Three seahs of
fine flour!
Knead it, and
make cakes.”
(NIV)
‘Where is your wife Sarah?’ they asked him.
‘There, in the tent,’ he said.
They
said to him, “
Where is
Sarah your
wife?” And he
said, “She is
in the
tent.”
(NIV)
Then one of them said, ‘I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.’
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
The
Lord said, “I will
surely return to you
about this
time next year, and
Sarah your
wife shall have a
son.” And
Sarah was
listening at the
tent door behind him.
(NIV)
Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.
Now
Abraham and
Sarah were
old,
advanced in
years. The
way of
women had
ceased to
be with
Sarah.
(NIV)
So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, ‘After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?’
So
Sarah laughed to
herself,
saying,
“
After I am
worn out, and my
lord is
old, shall I have
pleasure?”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh and say, “Will I really have a child, now that I am old?”
The
Lord said to Abraham, “
Why did
Sarah laugh and
say, ‘Shall I
indeed bear a child, now that
I am
old?’
(NIV)
Is anything too hard for the
Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.’
Is
anything too
hard for the
Lord?
At the
appointed time I will
return to you, about this
time next year, and
Sarah shall have a
son.”
(NIV)
Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, ‘I did not laugh.’
But he said, ‘Yes, you did laugh.’
But
Sarah denied it,
saying, “I did
not laugh,” for she was
afraid. He
said, “
No, but you did
laugh.”
(NIV)
and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
And
Abraham said of Sarah his
wife,
“
She is my
sister.” And
Abimelech king of
Gerar sent and
took Sarah.
(NIV)
Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.
Then
Abimelech took sheep and
oxen, and male
servants and
female servants, and
gave them to
Abraham, and
returned Sarah his wife to him.
(NIV)
To Sarah he said, ‘I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offence against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.’
To Sarah he
said, “Behold, I have
given your
brother a
thousand pieces of
silver.
It is a sign of your
innocence in the
eyes of
all who are
with you, and before
everyone you are
vindicated.”
(NIV)
for the
Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
For the
Lord had closed all the
wombs of the
house of
Abimelech because of
Sarah,
Abraham’s wife.
(NIV)
Now the
Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the
Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.
The
Lord visited Sarah as he had
said, and the
Lord did to
Sarah as he had
promised.
(NIV)
Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
And
Sarah conceived and
bore Abraham a
son in his
old age at the
time of which
God had
spoken to him.
(NIV)
Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.
Abraham called the
name of his
son who was
born to him, whom
Sarah bore him,
Isaac.
(NIV)
Sarah said, ‘God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.’
And
Sarah said,
“
God has
made laughter for me;
everyone who
hears will
laugh over
me.”
(NIV)
And she added, ‘Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.’
And she
said, “Who would have
said to
Abraham that
Sarah would
nurse children?
Yet I have
borne him a
son in
his old age.”
(NIV)
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,
But
Sarah saw the
son of
Hagar the
Egyptian, whom she had
borne to
Abraham,
laughing.
(NIV)
But God said to him, ‘Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
But
God said to Abraham, “Be not
displeased because of the
boy and because of your
slave woman. Whatever
Sarah says to
you, do as she
tells you, for
through Isaac shall your
offspring be
named.
(NIV)
Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.
Sarah lived 127 years; these were the
years of the
life of
Sarah.
(NIV)
She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
And
Sarah died at
Kiriath-arba (that is,
Hebron) in the
land of
Canaan, and
Abraham went in to
mourn for
Sarah and to
weep for
her.
(NIV)
Afterwards Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
After this,
Abraham buried Sarah his
wife in the
cave of the
field of
Machpelah east of
Mamre (that is,
Hebron) in the
land of
Canaan.
(NIV)
My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.
And
Sarah my
master’s wife bore a
son to my
master when she was
old, and
to him he has
given all that he has.
(NIV)
Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Then
Isaac brought her into the
tent of
Sarah his
mother and
took Rebekah, and she
became his
wife, and he
loved her. So
Isaac was
comforted after his mother’s death.
(NIV)
the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
the
field that
Abraham purchased from the
Hittites.
There Abraham was
buried, with
Sarah his wife.
(NIV)
This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.
These are the
generations of
Ishmael,
Abraham’s son,
whom
Hagar the
Egyptian,
Sarah’s servant,
bore to
Abraham.
(NIV)
The sons of Asher:
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah.
Their sister was Serah.
The sons of Beriah:
Heber and Malkiel.
The
sons of
Asher:
Imnah,
Ishvah,
Ishvi,
Beriah, with
Serah their
sister. And the
sons of
Beriah:
Heber and
Malchiel.
(NIV)
There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah.
There they
buried Abraham and
Sarah his
wife.
There they
buried Isaac and
Rebekah his
wife, and
there I
buried Leah—
(NIV)
(Asher had a daughter named Serah.)
And the
name of the
daughter of
Asher was
Serah.
(NIV)
The sons of Asher:
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.
The
sons of
Asher:
Imnah,
Ishvah,
Ishvi,
Beriah, and
their sister Serah.
(NIV)
look to Abraham, your father,
and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
and I blessed him and made him many.
Look to Abraham your
fatherand
to Sarah who
bore you;
for he was but
one when I
called him,
that I might
bless him and
multiply him.
(NIV)
Without 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.
He
did not weaken in
faith when he
considered his
own body, which
was as good as
dead ( since he was
about a hundred
years old), or
when he considered the
barrenness of
Sarah’s womb.
(NIV)
For this was how the promise was stated: ‘At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.’
For this is what the
promise said:
“
About this time next year I will
return,
and Sarah shall
have a
son.”
(NIV)
And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.
By
faith Sarah herself received power to conceive,
even when she was
past the
age,
since she
considered him
faithful who had
promised.
(NIV)
like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
as Sarah obeyed Abraham,
calling him lord. And
you are her
children, if you do
good and do
not fear anything that is
frightening.
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