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Genesis 18:12

Sarah
DoubtOld age

10 Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

11 And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

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

13 And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

14 Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
KJV
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
WEB
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
ASV
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
DARBY
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?
BLB
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I am worn out, shall there be to me pleasure? And my lord is old!”
ÅB
Derfor lo Sara ved seg selv og sa: Skulle jeg, nå jeg er blitt gammel, ha attrå, og min mann er også gammel.
OTB
Så lo Sara for seg selv og tenkte, “Etter at jeg er utslitt og min herre er gammel, skal jeg ha denne glede?”
B1930
Derfor lo Sara ved sig selv og sa: Skulde jeg, nu jeg er blitt gammel, ha attrå, og min mann er også gammel.

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Cross references

  • 1 Peter 3:6

    just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

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  • Genesis 17:17

    Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

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  • Luke 1:18–20

    “How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

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  • Genesis 21:6–7

    Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

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  • Luke 1:34–35

    “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

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  • Genesis 18:13

    And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

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  • Psalms 126:2

    Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

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  • Ephesians 5:33

    Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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