The Bible Exposed

Sarah: Genesis 21:1-2

Passage Genesis 21:1–2

The argument raises an objection to the language of the Bible about conception. Genesis 21:1-2 says the LORD visited Sarah as he had promised and she conceived Isaac, and Luke 1:35 tells Mary that the Holy Spirit will come upon her and the power of the Most High overshadow her. It claims that this way of speaking brings God into the act of conception in terms that suggest a physical role, which it considers unfitting. (The New Testament text is not yet on this site.)

The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.

Genesis 21:1-2

Source: see Credits and references (no. 37, p. 30).