Genesis 18:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And the Lord asked Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I really bear a child when I am so old?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

Common English Bible

¹³ The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Me give birth? At my age?’

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Then the Lord said to Abraham: "Why did Sarah laugh, saying: 'How can I, an old woman, actually give birth?'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I who am an old woman bear a child indeed?

Genesis 18:13 Cross References

Genesis 18:12

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I be fruitful?”

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Genesis 21:6

Now Sarah said, “God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

Genesis 21:7

And she said, “Who would ever have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

John 2:25

and needed no one to testify about anyone, for he himself knew what was in everyone.