Genesis 18:15

Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.

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In The King James Version

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

In Context

14Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

16And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:9And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

Job 2:10And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.

Psalms 44:22\44:21\Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

Proverbs 28:13He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

John 2:25He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

John 18:25But Simon Peter was still there warming himself by the fire. They said to him, Are you not one of his disciples? He said, No, I am not.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:10-16

9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent-door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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