Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

16I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”

18Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

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Cross References

Genesis 17:3Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

Genesis 18:12Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

Genesis 21:6Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

Numbers 16:45“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.

Deuteronomy 9:25So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:16-23

15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 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? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!… Read the whole commentary →

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