Genesis 18:12
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
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In Context
11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
13The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
Cross References
Genesis 18:13The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
Judges 19:26Then the woman came in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, until it was light.
Psalms 126:2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Luke 1:34Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
Hebrews 11:11By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
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 →