Genesis 21:1

• §489Paragraph 2 · "Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"Read at vatican.va

  “By virtue of this promise, Sarah conceives a son in spite of her old age.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 18:10-14; 21:1-2.

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 76

  “For these are Jews, who are out of Abraham, from whom Isaac was born, and out of him Jacob, and out of Jacob the twelve Patriarchs, and out of the twelve Patriarchs the whole people of the Jews.” — editor's note: Gen. xxi. 1, xxv. 26, xxix. 32, etc.

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Hilary of Poitiers

• Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity Book 4

  “…as He had said, and did unto Sarah as He had spoken, and Sarah conceived and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.” — editor's note: Ib. xxi. 1, 2.

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• 1 Corinthians 1:17

  Cited together in Catechism §489.

• Genesis 3:15

  Cited together in Catechism §489.

• Genesis 3:20

  Cited together in Catechism §489.

• Genesis 18:10

  Cited together in Catechism §489.

• Genesis 18:11

  Cited together in Catechism §489.

• Genesis 18:12

  Cited together in Catechism §489.

• Genesis 18:13

  Cited together in Catechism §489.

• Genesis 18:14

  Cited together in Catechism §489.