Genesis 18:2-15

New International Version

² Abraham looked up^(A) and saw three men^(B) standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.^(C)

³ He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes,^(D) my lord,^[a] do not pass your servant^(E) by. ⁴ Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet^(F) and rest under this tree. ⁵ Let me get you something to eat,^(G) so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.”

“Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”

⁶ So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs^[b] of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”^(H)

⁷ Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf^(I) and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. ⁸ He then brought some curds^(J) and milk^(K) and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them.^(L) While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

⁹ “Where is your wife Sarah?”^(M) they asked him.

“There, in the tent,^(N)” he said.

¹⁰ Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,^(O) and Sarah your wife will have a son.”^(P)

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. ¹¹ Abraham and Sarah were already very old,^(Q) and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.^{(R) 12} So Sarah laughed^(S) to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord^(T) is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

¹³ Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’^{(U) 14} Is anything too hard for the Lord?^(V) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,^(W) and Sarah will have a son.”^(X)

¹⁵ Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.”

But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”