Genesis 18:14
ContextNETBible | Is anything impossible 1 for the Lord? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.” 2 |
XREF | Ge 17:21; Ge 18:10; Nu 11:23; De 7:21; De 30:3; 1Sa 14:6; 2Ki 4:16; 2Ki 7:1,2; Job 36:5; Job 42:2; Ps 90:13; Ps 93:1; Ps 95:3; Jer 32:17; Mic 7:18; Zec 8:6; Mt 3:9; Mt 14:31; Mt 19:26; Mr 10:27; Lu 1:13,37; Lu 1:13,18; Lu 8:50; Eph 3:20; Php 3:21; Php 4:13; Heb 11:19 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The Hebrew verb פָּלָא (pala’) means “to be wonderful, to be extraordinary, to be surpassing, to be amazing.” 2 sn Sarah will have a son. The passage brings God’s promise into clear focus. As long as it was a promise for the future, it really could be believed without much involvement. But now, when it seemed so impossible from the human standpoint, when the |