Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 21:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 21:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 21:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, this verse shows how Sarah was surprised and happy that she was able to have a baby with Abraham, even when they were both very old. It teaches that God can make amazing things happen, even when it seems impossible.

Genesis 21:7: And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.

Contradiction with Genesis 17:17

This verse describes Abraham laughing in disbelief at the news of having a child at his old age, while Genesis 21:7 marvels at the fulfillment of that promise.

Genesis 17:17: Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Contradiction with Genesis 18:11-12

Sarah laughs at the idea of bearing a child in her old age, doubting the possibility, contrasting with her later astonishment at actually having Isaac as described in Genesis 21:7.

Genesis 18:11-12: Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age; [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
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