## Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera

###### Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 17:1
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‎**וַה**' פָּקַד אֶת שָׂרָה. זֶה שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב: וְיָדְעוּ הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׁאֲרוּ סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶם כִּי אֲנִי ה' בָּנִיתִי הַנֶּהֱרָסוֹת וְגוֹ' (יחזקאל לו, לו).

**Midrash Tanhuma-Yelammedenu, trans. Samuel A. Berman:**
**And the Lord remembered Sarah (Gen. 21:1).** Scripture says elsewhere in allusion to this verse: *Then the nations that are left round about shall know that I, the Lord, have builded the stricken places, and have planted that which was desolate: I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it* (Ezek. 36:36).


###### Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 17:2
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וְיָדְעוּ הַגּוֹיִם, אֵלּוּ הַנָּשִׁים שֶׁהָיוּ מְבַיְּשׁוֹת אֶת שָׂרָה וְקוֹרְאוֹת אוֹתָהּ עֲקָרָה. כִּי אֲנִי ה' בָּנִיתִי הַנֶּהֱרָסוֹת, שֶׁהָיְתָה נֶהֱרֶסֶת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְאַבְרָהָם וְשָׂרָה זְקֵנִים בָּאִים בַּיָּמִים (בראשית יח, טו). נָטַעְתִּי הַנְּשַׁמָּה (יחזקאל לו, לו), שֶׁהָיְתָה אוֹמֶרֶת, אַחֲרֵי בְלֹתִי הָיְתָה לִּי עֶדְנָה. אֲנִי ה' דִּבַּרְתִּי וְעָשִׂיתִי (יחזקאל לו, לו), שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַה' פָּקַד אֶת שָׂרָה כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמָר.

**Midrash Tanhuma-Yelammedenu, trans. Samuel A. Berman:**
*The nations shall know* refers to the women who taunted Sarah by calling her a barren woman. *I, the Lord, have builded the stricken places* indicates that she was stricken with old age, as it is said: *And Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken with age* (Gen. 18:11). *Have planted that which is desolate* refers to her remark: *After I am waxed old, shall I have pleasure?* (ibid., v. 12). *And I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it* is stated because it is said: *And God remembered Sarah as He has said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as He had spoken* (ibid. 21:1).


###### Midrash Tanchuma, Vayera 17:3
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בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה נִפְקְדָה שָׂרָה וְנוֹלַד יִצְחָק לְשִׁבְעָה חֳדָשִׁים בְּלֵיל פֶּסַח, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: שׁוֹב אָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ כָּעֵת חַיָּה. וְאַרְבַּע עֲקָרוֹת נִפְקְדוּ בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: שָׂרָה וְרִבְקָה וְרָחֵל וְלֵאָה.

**Midrash Tanhuma-Yelammedenu, trans. Samuel A. Berman:**
Sarah conceived on Rosh Hashanah, and Isaac was born in the seventh month, on the night of Passover, as is said: *I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh around* (Gen. 18:10). Four barren women conceived on Rosh Hashanah: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah.