7. Then he ran to the herd. He picked out a choice, tender calf. He gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
8. Then he brought some butter and milk and the calf that had been prepared. He served them to the three men. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.
9. "Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him. "Over there, in the tent," he said.
10. Then the Lord said, "You can be sure that I will return to you about this time next year. Your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent behind him.
11. Abraham and Sarah were already very old. Sarah was too old to have a baby.
12. So she laughed to herself. She thought, "I'm worn out, and my husband is old. Can I really know the joy of having a baby?"
13. Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, 'Will I really have a baby, now that I am old?'
14. Is anything too hard for me? I will return to you at the appointed time next year. Sarah will have a son."
15. Sarah was afraid. So she lied and said, "I didn't laugh." But the Lord said, "Yes, you did."
16. The men got up to leave. They looked down toward Sodom. Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.
17. Then the Lord said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
18. He will certainly become a great and powerful nation. All nations on earth will be blessed because of him.
19. "I have chosen him. He must direct his children. He must see that the members of his family after him live the way I want them to. So he must direct them to do what is right and fair. Then I, the Lord, will do for Abraham what I have promised him."