Genesis 18:13 - Revised Standard Version CI

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

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

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

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

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

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because he knew all men and needed no one to bear witness of man; for he himself knew what was in man.

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

Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son.”

And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; every one who hears will laugh over me.”

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