Genesis 18:10 “Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next yea…”

Genesis 18:10

Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he saide, I will certainely come againe vnto thee according to ye time of life: and loe, Sarah thy wife shall haue a sonne. and Sarah heard in the tent doore, which was behinde him.

Darby Translation

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.

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.'

Bible in Basic English

And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

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Cross references

“he said”

Genesis 16:10 Genesis 18:13 Genesis 18:14 Genesis 22:15 Genesis 22:16

Genesis 16:10 · BSB

Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

Genesis 18:13 · BSB

And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

Genesis 18:14 · BSB

Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

Genesis 22:15 · BSB

And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

Genesis 22:16 · BSB

saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

“according”

Genesis 21:2 Genesis 17:21 2 Kings 4:16 2 Kings 4:17

Genesis 21:2 · BSB

So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

Genesis 17:21 · BSB

But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

2 Kings 4:16 · BSB

And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”

2 Kings 4:17 · BSB

But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

“lo, Sarah”

Genesis 17:16 Genesis 17:19 Luke 1:13 Galatians 4:23 Galatians 4:28 Judges 13:3–5

Genesis 17:16 · BSB

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

Genesis 17:19 · BSB

But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Luke 1:13 · BSB

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

Galatians 4:23 · BSB

His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.

Galatians 4:28 · BSB

Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

Judges 13:3–5 · BSB

The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.

11And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

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