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By faith Abraham was (elaben | ἔλαβεν | aor act ind 3 sg) enabled to (elaben | ἔλαβεν | aor act ind 3 sg) become (elaben | ἔλαβεν | aor act ind 3 sg) a father — even though Sarah herself was sterile and beyond the normal age of childbearing — because he regarded as faithful the one who had made the promise.