Genesis 21:7
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
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.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
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.
Compare
- 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
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:8
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:10
When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:32–34
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
Read in contextNumbers 23:23
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Read in contextEphesians 3:10
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Read in contextPsalms 86:10
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
Read in contextPsalms 86:8
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
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