Gen.17.17

Genesis 17:17

KJV

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?

The Covenant of Circumcision

Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

Cross References

Luke 1:18

KJV

And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

Gabriel Foretells John’s Birth

Romans 4:19

KJV

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:

Abraham Receives the Promise

Justification by Faith Evidenced in Old Testament

Genesis 17:3

KJV

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

Abraham to Father Many Nations

Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

Genesis 17:18

KJV

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

The Covenant of Circumcision

Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

Genesis 18:11

KJV

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Sarah Laughs at the Promise

Birth of Isaac Promised

Genesis 18:12

KJV

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

Sarah Laughs at the Promise

Birth of Isaac Promised

Genesis 21:5

KJV

And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

The Birth of Isaac

Genesis 21:6

KJV

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

The Birth of Isaac

Genesis 21:7

KJV

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.