Sarah Trusts the Lord Against the Decree of No Herd

Another interpretation: "and there be no herd" (Habakkuk 3:17) — this is the decree that You decreed concerning me when You said, "So shall your seed be" (Genesis 15:5). Would You destroy them, so that there is "no herd in the stalls" (Habakkuk 3:17)? Would You not raise up from her the tribe of Ephraim, about whom it is written, "And Ephraim is a trained heifer" (Hosea 10:11)? "There is no herd," said our mother Sarah; nevertheless, "Yet I will rejoice in the Lord" (Habakkuk 3:18). These say, Sarah does not bear, and those say, Abraham does not beget; nevertheless, she trusts in the Lord. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to her: And in Me you place your trust; by your life, I will visit you, as it is said, "And the Lord visited Sarah" (Genesis 21:1).]