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Genesis 18:12

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying to herself, “After I am worn-out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

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Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

In Context

11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, very advanced in age, and Sarah had passed the age when women could bear children.

13Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really bear a child, when I am old'?

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Cross References

Genesis 18:13Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really bear a child, when I am old'?

Judges 19:26At dawn the woman came and she fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, and she lay there until it was light.

Psalms 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter 1 and our tongues with singing. 1 Then they said among the nations, 1 “Yahweh has done great things for them.” 1

Luke 1:34Mary said to the angel, “How will this happen, since I have not slept with any man?”

Hebrews 11:11It was by faith, even though Sarah herself was barren, that Abraham received ability to father a child. This happened even though he was too old, since he considered as faithful the one who had given the promise. + 11:11 There is some question about whether it was Abraham's faith or Sarah's faith that was in view. By faith Sarah, though she was old, received the power to have a child, even though she was too old to bear a child, since she considered the one who gave the promise to be faithful .

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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