¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

¹⁷ Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

¹¹ And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

¹² So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.

¹⁹ Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

¹⁸ Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

¹⁹ And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

²⁰ Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,

²¹ And being certain that God was able to keep his word.

³⁶ Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

¹⁸ And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

⁷ And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

¹⁹ And if a woman has a flow of blood from her body, she will have to be kept separate for seven days, and anyone touching her will be unclean till evening.

³⁵ And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.

²⁴ Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.