Genesis 18:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my master being old too?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Therefore Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I have become aged shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband), being old also? [I Pet. 3:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Common English Bible

¹² So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, I’m no longer able to have children and my husband’s old.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And she laughed secretly, saying, "After I have grown old, and my lord is elderly, shall I give myself to the work of delight?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?

Genesis 18:12 Cross References

Genesis 17:17

And Aḇraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Is a child born to a man who is a hundred years old? Or is Sarah, who is ninety years old, to bear a child?”

Genesis 18:13

And יהוה said to Aḇraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I truly have a child, since I am old?’

2 Kings 4:16

And he said, “About this appointed time next year you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my master, man of Elohim, do not lie to your female servant!”

Psalm 126:2

Then our mouth shall be filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing, Then shall they say among the nations, “יהוה has done great deeds for them.”

Psalm 45:11

And let the Sovereign delight in your loveliness; Because He is your Master – bow yourself to Him.

Ephesians 5:33

However, you too, everyone, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she fears her husband.

1 Peter 3:6

as Sarah obeyed Aḇraham, calling him master, of whom you became children, doing good, and not frightened by any fear.

Judges 19:26

And as morning appeared the woman came back and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, till it was light.