^{10 Ref} 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.

^{11 Ref} Now Abraham and Sarah were old, `and' well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

^{12 Ref} And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

^{13 Ref} And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

^{14 Ref} Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.

^{15 Ref} Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

^{16 Ref} And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

^{17 Ref} And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;

^{18 Ref} seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

^{19 Ref} For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

^{20 Ref} And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;