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Genesis 18:12

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

Therefore Sarah {H8283} laughed {H6711} within herself {H7130}, saying {H559}, After {H310} I am waxed old {H1086} shall I have pleasure {H5730}, my lord {H113} being old also {H2204}?

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "I am old, and so is my lord; am I to have pleasure again?"

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 17:17 (6 votes)

    Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

  • 1 Peter 3:6 (6 votes)

    Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

  • Luke 1:18 (5 votes)

    And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

  • Luke 1:20 (5 votes)

    And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

  • Genesis 21:6 (3 votes)

    And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.

  • Genesis 21:7 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Luke 1:34 (3 votes)

    Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?