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Genesis 18:12

So then Sarah laughed within herself, saying: After I am past age, hath there come to me pleasure, my lord, also being old?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11But Abraham and Sarah, were old, far gone in days,—it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

13And Yahweh said unto Abraham,—Wherefore now did Sarah laugh saying. Can it really and truly be that I should bear, seeing that I have become old?

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Cross References

Genesis 18:13And Yahweh said unto Abraham,—Wherefore now did Sarah laugh saying. Can it really and truly be that I should bear, seeing that I have become old?

Judges 19:26So the woman came in at the turnings of the morning,—and fell down at the entrance of the man’s house where her lord was, and [lay there] till it was light.

Psalms 126:2Then, was our mouth, filled with laughter, and our tongue with a shout of triumph,—Then, said they among the nations, Yahweh, hath done great things, with these!

Luke 1:34But Mary said unto the messenger—How, shall this thing be, seeing that, a man, I know not?

Hebrews 11:11By faith, even Sarah herself, received power for founding a seed, even beyond the season of life’s prime,—seeing that, faithful, she reckoned, him that 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 →

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