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

He said, "^(C1)I will certainly return to you ^(F1)at this time next year; and behold, your wife Sarah will have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.

Now ^(C1)Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was ^(C2)past ^(F1)childbearing.

So Sarah laughed ^(F1)to herself, saying, "^(C1)After I have become old, am I to have pleasure, my ^(C2)lord being old also?"

But the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I actually give birth to a child, when I am so old?'

"^(C1)Is anything too ^(F1)difficult for the LORD? At the ^(C2)appointed time I will return to you, ^(F2)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."