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Genesis 17:17

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Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Then Abraham {H85} fell {H5307} upon his face {H6440}, and laughed {H6711}, and said {H559} in his heart {H3820}, Shall a child be born {H3205} unto him that is an hundred {H3967} years {H8141} old {H1121}? and shall Sarah {H8283}, that is ninety {H8673} years {H8141} old {H1323}, bear {H3205}?

At this Avraham fell on his face and laughed - he thought to himself, "Will a child be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah give birth at ninety?"

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?”

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 11:16 (6 votes)

    And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

  • Genesis 18:12 (6 votes)

    Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

  • Genesis 17:3 (6 votes)

    And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

  • Genesis 21:6 (6 votes)

    And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.

  • John 8:56 (6 votes)

    Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw [it], and was glad.

  • Ezekiel 1:28 (4 votes)

    As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness round about. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

  • Romans 4:19 (4 votes)

    And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: