Genesis 18:9
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
KJV
Cumque comedissent, dixerunt ad eum : Ubi est Sara uxor tua ? Ille respondit : Ecce in tabernaculo est.
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτόν Ποῦ Σάρρα ἡ γυνή σου; ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ.
LXX
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
ASV
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵׄלָׄ֔יׄ/וׄ אַיֵּ֖ה שָׂרָ֣ה אִשְׁתֶּ֑/ךָ וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֵּ֥ה בָ/אֹֽהֶל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַיֵּ֖ה
'yh
pronoun · 47×
אֹ֣הֶל
'hl
noun · 344×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
שָׂרָ֖ה
shrh
proper_noun · 38×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§706Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit.68 In Abraham's progeny all the nations of the earth will be blessed. This progeny will be Christ himself,69 in whom the outpouring of the Holy Spirit will "gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad."70 God commits himself by his own solemn o…
§2571Because Abraham believed in God and walked in his presence and in covenant with him,10 The patriarch is ready to welcome a mysterious Guest into his tent. Abraham's remarkable hospitality at Mamre foreshadows the annunciation of the true Son of the promise.11 After that, once God had confided his plan, Abraham's heart is attuned to his Lord's compassion for men and he dares to …
Cross-references
- Gen 24:67 — And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Gen 24:67 — And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Heb 11:9 — By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
- Prov 7:11 — (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
- Titus 2:5 — To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
- Titus 2:5 — To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.