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11 Now (A)Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.

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11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old,(A) and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.(B)

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11 By faith (A)Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered (B)him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and (C)him as good as dead, were born descendants (D)as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

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11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(A) was enabled to bear children(B) because she[a] considered him faithful(C) who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(D) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he