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Then they said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "There, in the tent."

He said, "^(f)I will surely return to you ^[l]at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.

Now ^(g)Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was ^(h)past ^[m]childbearing.

Sarah laughed ^[n]to herself, saying, "⁽ⁱ⁾After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my ^(j)lord being old also?"

And the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed ^[o]bear a child, when I am so old?'

^(k)Is anything too ^[p]difficult for the Lord ? At the ^(l)appointed time I will return to you, ^[q]at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

Sarah denied it however, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. And He said, "No, but you did laugh."