also Sara herself Rather "even." Perhaps the "even" refers to her original weakness of faith when she laughed (Genesis 18:12; Genesis 21:2; comp. Romans 4:19). Dr Field thinks that these words may be a gloss, and that the verse refers to Abraham, since ἔτεκεν, "was delivered," is not found in א, A, D.

to conceive seed For technical reasons the probable meaning here is "for the founding of a family" (comp. the use of the word katabolçin Hebrews 4:3; Hebrews 9:26 and "seed" in Hebrews 2:16; Hebrews 11:18).

who had promised Comp. Hebrews 10:23.

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