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Then one day, as Abraham “sat in the tent door in the heat of the day” in the plains of Mamre, three “men” announced to him that Sarah would bear a son. Sarah, overhearing this, “laughed within herself” because she was past the childbearing age. And the Lord said unto Abraham, “Wherefore did Sarah laugh.... Is any thing too hard for the LORD?”<ref>Gen. 18:1–14.</ref> | Then one day, as Abraham “sat in the tent door in the heat of the day” in the plains of Mamre, three “men” announced to him that Sarah would bear a son. Sarah, overhearing this, “laughed within herself” because she was past the childbearing age. And the Lord said unto Abraham, “Wherefore did Sarah laugh.... Is any thing too hard for the LORD?”<ref>Gen. 18:1–14.</ref> | ||
Following this, the Lord confided to Abraham his intention to destroy the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham, cast in the role of an intercessor, secured God’s assurance that Sodom would be spared if but ten righteous men could be found therein. Although the city was ultimately destroyed, two angels warned Lot of the impending calamity and he escaped. | Following this, the Lord confided to Abraham his intention to destroy the wicked cities of [[Sodom and Gomorrah]]. Abraham, cast in the role of an intercessor, secured God’s assurance that Sodom would be spared if but ten righteous men could be found therein. Although the city was ultimately destroyed, two angels warned Lot of the impending calamity and he escaped. | ||
Finally, as the Lord had prophesied, Sarah “conceived and bare Abraham a son in his old age.... And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast.”<ref>Gen. 21:8.</ref> | Finally, as the Lord had prophesied, Sarah “conceived and bare Abraham a son in his old age.... And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast.”<ref>Gen. 21:8.</ref> | ||