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!”

17 And the Lord said, ^a“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,  ‡

18 since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be ^ablessed in him?  ‡