Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?" Cross References Luke 1:18 "How can I be sure of this?" Zechariah asked the angel. "I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years." Romans 4:19 Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah's womb. Genesis 17:3 Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, Genesis 17:18 And Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!" Genesis 18:11 And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Genesis 18:12 So she laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?" Genesis 21:5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Genesis 21:6 Then Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me." Genesis 21:7 She added, "Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age." Treasury of Scripture Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? fell. Genesis 17:3 Leviticus 9:24 Numbers 14:5 laughed. Genesis 18:12 Genesis 21:6 John 8:56 |