שׁ֣וֹב “ I will surely šō·wḇ אָשׁ֤וּב return ’ā·šūḇ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ to you ’ê·le·ḵā כָּעֵ֣ת at this time next year kā·‘êṯ חַיָּ֔ה . . . , ḥay·yāh וְהִנֵּה־ . . . wə·hin·nêh- אִשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ and your wife ’iš·te·ḵā לְשָׂרָ֣ה Sarah lə·śā·rāh בֵ֖ן will have a son ! ” ḇên וְשָׂרָ֥ה Now Sarah wə·śā·rāh וְה֥וּא . . . wə·hū אַחֲרָֽיו׃ was behind him , ’a·ḥă·rāw שֹׁמַ֛עַת listening šō·ma·‘aṯ פֶּ֥תַח at the entrance pe·ṯaḥ הָאֹ֖הֶל to the tent . hā·’ō·hel Genesis 18:11 וְאַבְרָהָ֤ם And Abraham wə·’aḇ·rā·hām וְשָׂרָה֙ and Sarah wə·śā·rāh זְקֵנִ֔ים were already old zə·qê·nîm בָּאִ֖ים and well along bā·’îm בַּיָּמִ֑ים in years ; bay·yā·mîm לְשָׂרָ֔ה Sarah lə·śā·rāh חָדַל֙ had passed ḥā·ḏal לִהְי֣וֹת . . . lih·yō·wṯ אֹ֖רַח the age of childbearing ’ō·raḥ כַּנָּשִֽׁים׃ . . . . kan·nā·šîm Genesis 18:12 שָׂרָ֖ה So [she] śā·rāh וַתִּצְחַ֥ק laughed wat·tiṣ·ḥaq בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ to herself , bə·qir·bāh לֵאמֹ֑ר saying , lê·mōr אַחֲרֵ֤י “ After ’a·ḥă·rê בְלֹתִי֙ I am worn out ḇə·lō·ṯî וַֽאדֹנִ֖י and my master wa·ḏō·nî זָקֵֽן׃ is old , zā·qên הָֽיְתָה־ will I now have hā·yə·ṯāh- לִּ֣י . . . lî עֶדְנָ֔ה this pleasure ? ” ‘eḏ·nāh Genesis 18:13 יְהוָ֖ה And YHWH Yah·weh אֶל־ . . . ’el- וַיֹּ֥אמֶר asked way·yō·mer אַבְרָהָ֑ם Abraham , ’aḇ·rā·hām לָ֣מָּה “ Why lām·māh זֶּה֩ . . . zeh שָׂרָ֜ה did Sarah śā·rāh צָחֲקָ֨ה laugh ṣā·ḥă·qāh לֵאמֹ֗ר and say , lê·mōr הַאַ֥ף ‘ Can I really ha·’ap̄ אֻמְנָ֛ם . . . ’um·nām אֵלֵ֖ד bear a child ’ê·lêḏ וַאֲנִ֥י when I am wa·’ă·nî זָקַֽנְתִּי׃ old ? ’ zā·qan·tî Genesis 18:14 דָּבָ֑ר Is anything dā·ḇār הֲיִפָּלֵ֥א too difficult hă·yip·pā·lê מֵיְהוָ֖ה for YHWH ? Yah·weh לַמּוֹעֵ֞ד At the appointed time lam·mō·w·‘êḏ אָשׁ֥וּב I will return ’ā·šūḇ אֵלֶ֛יךָ to you — ’ê·le·ḵā כָּעֵ֥ת in about a year kā·‘êṯ חַיָּ֖ה . . . — ḥay·yāh וּלְשָׂרָ֥ה and Sarah ū·lə·śā·rāh בֵֽן׃ will have a son . ” ḇên Genesis 18:15 שָׂרָ֧ה׀ But Sarah śā·rāh יָרֵ֑אָה was afraid , yā·rê·’āh כִּ֣י׀ so kî וַתְּכַחֵ֨שׁ she denied it wat·tə·ḵa·ḥêš לֵאמֹ֛ר and said , lê·mōr לֹ֥א “I did not lō צָחַ֖קְתִּי laugh . ” ṣā·ḥaq·tî לֹ֖א “ No , ” lō וַיֹּ֥אמֶר׀ replied [YHWH] , way·yō·mer כִּ֥י “ but kî צָחָֽקְתְּ׃ you did laugh . ” ṣā·ḥā·qət Genesis 18:16 וַיָּקֻ֤מוּ When [the men] got up way·yā·qu·mū מִשָּׁם֙ to leave , miš·šām הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים [they] hā·’ă·nā·šîm וַיַּשְׁקִ֖פוּ looked out way·yaš·qi·p̄ū עַל־ over ‘al- פְּנֵ֣י . . . pə·nê סְדֹ֑ם Sodom , sə·ḏōm וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם and Abraham wə·’aḇ·rā·hām הֹלֵ֥ךְ walked along hō·lêḵ עִמָּ֖ם with them ‘im·mām לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃ to see them off . lə·šal·lə·ḥām

