Genesis 18:10
ContextNETBible | One of them 1 said, “I will surely return 2 to you when the season comes round again, 3 and your wife Sarah will have a son!” 4 (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him. 5 |
XREF | Ge 16:10; Ge 17:16,19,21; Ge 17:21; Ge 18:13,14; Ge 21:2; Ge 22:15,16; Jud 13:3-5; 2Ki 4:16,17; Lu 1:13; Ro 9:8,9; Ga 4:23,28 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (one of the three men introduced in v. 2) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Some English translations have specified the referent as the 2 tn The Hebrew construction is emphatic, using the infinitive absolute with the imperfect tense. sn I will surely return. If Abraham had not yet figured out who this was, this interchange would have made it clear. Otherwise, how would a return visit from this man mean Sarah would have a son? 3 tn Heb “as/when the time lives” or “revives,” possibly referring to the springtime. 4 tn Heb “and there will be (הִנֵּה, hinneh) a son for Sarah.” 5 tn This is the first of two disjunctive parenthetical clauses preparing the reader for Sarah’s response (see v. 12). |