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Genesis 18:14 KJV
Genesis · chapter 18 · verse 14
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.Genesis 18:14 · King James Version
Genesis 18:14 in context
12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
16And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
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Key words (Strong's)
- appointedmôwʻêdproperly, an appointmentH4150 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- SarahSârâhSarah, Abraham's wifeH8283 →
- hardpâlâʼproperly, perhaps to separateH6381 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
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These heavenly guests (being sent to confirm the promise lately made to Abraham, that he should have a son by Sarah), while they are receiving Abraham's kind entertainment, they return his kindness. He receives angels, and has angels' rewards, a gracious message from heaven, Mat 10:41. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15