10He said, |I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.| Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.


In Context

7 Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.

8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

9 They asked him, |Where is Sarah, your wife?| He said, |See, in the tent.|

10 He said, |I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.| Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, |After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?|

Genesis 18:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:10And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:10Then the Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:10And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying and Sara thy wife shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:10And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:10And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:10And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:10And he said, I will certainly return to 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:10and he saith, 'returning I return unto thee, about the time of life, and lo, to Sarah thy wife a son.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:10And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and, see, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.