Genesis 17:17
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?”Genesis 17:17
What Does Genesis 17:17 Mean?
Genesis 17:17 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 17, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 17:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 21:6“And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.”Hebrews 11:11“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.”Genesis 18:12“Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”Romans 4:19“And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb:”Genesis 17:3“And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,”Genesis 18:11“Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.”Genesis 21:5“And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.”Luke 1:18“And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.”John 8:56“Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.”Revelation 11:16“And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,”Ruth 1:12“Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;”2 Kings 4:14“And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.”Ezekiel 1:28“As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.”Luke 1:7“And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.”Revelation 5:8“And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.”Job 1:20“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,”Luke 6:21“Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.”Genesis 17:24“And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.”Leviticus 10:15“The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.”Numbers 14:5“Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.”
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