Genesis 21:7

5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

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

She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8 So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

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
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
KJV
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
WEB
She said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
ASV
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age.
DARBY
And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, Sarah will suckle children? For I have borne [him] a son in his old age.
BLB
And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne a son in his old age.”
ÅB
Og hun sa: Hvem skulle vel ha sagt til Abraham at Sara gir barn å die? Og nå har jeg født ham en sønn i hans alderdom.
OTB
Hun sa også, “Hvem ville ha fortalt Abraham at Sara skulle amme barn? Likevel har jeg gitt ham en sønn i hans alderdom.”
B1930
Og hun sa: Hvem skulde vel ha sagt til Abraham at Sara gir barn å die? Og nu har jeg født ham en sønn i hans alderdom.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 18:11–12

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

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  • Isaiah 66:8

    Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:10

    on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:32–34

    Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?

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  • Numbers 23:23

    For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’

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  • Ephesians 3:10

    His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

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  • Psalms 86:10

    For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.

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  • Psalms 86:8

    O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.

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