Genesis 21:7

Modern

She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Traditional

And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

Literal

And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne a son in his old age.”

Latin

Rursumque ait: Quis auditurus crederet Abraham quod Sara lactaret filium, quem peperit ei jam seni?

Hebrew

English

She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Sarah was filled with joy and praise for this amazing event. Only God could enable her to have a child.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 66:8
Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
Genesis 18:11–12
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
Ephesians 3:10
His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
Deuteronomy 4:32–34
Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
2 Thessalonians 1:10
…on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
Numbers 23:23
For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
Psalm 86:8
O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
Psalm 86:10
For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
Isaiah 49:21
Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Sarah: Wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac