Holy Scripture

Genesis 21:1

A church father on this verse
“Conjugal chastity accords with the written law by reason of the divine miracle, according to that passage of Genesis 21: The Lord visited Sarah, as He had promised, and fulfilled what He had spoken, and she conceived and bore a son in her old age, at the time which God had foretold to her. Since therefore the Lord as…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection, Question 3

Source: Septuagint

Original

1And the Lord visited Sarah, as he said, and the Lord did to Sarah, as he spoke.

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In context

— Genesis 21:1 —

2And she conceived and bore to Abraham a son in old age, at the set time according as the Lord spoke to him.

3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

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