Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. I — Section 186
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume I
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Then I replied, " You are aware, then, that the Scripture says, ' And the Lord said to Abra- ham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I truly conceive? for I am old. Is anything impossible with God ? At the time appointed shall I return to thee according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.' 7 And after a little interval : ' And the men rose up from thence, and looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah ; and Abraham went with them, to bring them on the way. And the Lord said, I will not conceal from Abraham, my servant, what I do.' ^ And again, after a little, it thus says : ' T…
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- The Ante-Nicene fathers. translations of the writings of the fathers down to A.D. 325.
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