ปฐมกาล 18:14
Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
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Study Note
The divine rhetorical question 'is anything too hard for the Lord?' is addressed to Sarah's silent laughter at the promise of a son in her old age, reframing her impossibility calculation within the framework of divine omnipotence. The Hebrew 'yippale'' (too hard, too wonderful) carries the sense of beyond natural capacity — and is used in the same root-form for miracles elsewhere. Jesus echoes this promise in Luke 1:37 ('nothing shall be impossible with God') when Gabriel announces to Mary the conception of Jesus — drawing the Annunciation into explicit continuity with the Abrahamic promise. Jeremiah 32:27 ('is anything too hard for me?') reuses the same formula in the context of the purchase of a field during siege — an act of covenant trust.
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Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.
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Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.
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