Genesis 17:17
17Then Abraham afell on his face band laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”Genesis 17:24
24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.Luke 1:7
7But they had no child, because cElizabeth was barren, and dboth were advanced in years.Luke 1:18
18And Zechariah said to the angel, e“How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”Luke 1:36
36And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her fwho was called barren.Romans 4:18-21
18In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, g“So shall your offspring be.” 19He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was has good as dead ( isince he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered jthe barrenness ▼▼Greek deadness
of Sarah’s womb. 20No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21fully convinced that lGod was able to do what he had promised. Hebrews 11:11-12
11By faith mSarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered nhim faithful who had promised. 12Therefore from one man, and ohim as good as dead, were born descendants pas many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.Hebrews 11:19
19 qHe considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.
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