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Genesis 18:10
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8 So ahe took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.  
9 Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” So he said, “Here, ain the tent.”  
10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you aaccording to the time of life, and behold, bSarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)  
11 Now aAbraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and1 Sarah bhad passed the age of childbearing.  
12 Therefore Sarah alaughed within herself, saying, b“After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my clord being old also?”  
13 And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’
14 aIs anything too hard for the Lord? bAt the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”  
15 But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh!”

Abraham Intercedes for Sodom

16 Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them ato send them on the way.  
17 And the Lord said, a“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 18:10

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American Standard Version
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

Amplified® Bible
[The Lord] said, I will surely return to you when the season comes round, and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son. And Sarah was listening {and} heard it at the tent door which was behind Him.

Contemporary English Version
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.

Darby English Version
And he said, I will certainly return to thee at [this] time of the year, and behold, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah was listening at the tent-door, which was behind him.

Good News Bible
One of them said, "Nine months from now I will come back, and your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was behind him, at the door of the tent, listening.

King James Version
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

New American Standard Bible
He said, "I will surely return to you 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."

New International Version
Then the LORD 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.

New King James Version
And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He said, " I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." And Sarah listened at the tent door, which stood behind him.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said, "I will surely return to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith, `returning I return unto thee, about the time of life, and lo, to Sarah thy wife a son.'


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