Genesis 21:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Now everyone will laugh with me.

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Abraham bowed with his face to the ground and thought, “I am almost a hundred years old. How can I become a father? And Sarah is ninety. How can she have a child?” So he started laughing.

Psalm 113:9

When a wife has no children, he blesses her with some, and she is happy. Shout praises to the LORD!

Psalm 126:2

We celebrated with laughter and joyful songs. In foreign nations it was said, “The LORD has worked miracles for his people.”

Isaiah 49:15

The LORD answered, “Could a mother forget a child who nurses at her breast? Could she fail to love an infant who came from her own body? Even if a mother could forget, I will never forget you.

Isaiah 49:21

and Jerusalem will ask, “Am I really their mother? How could I have given birth when I was still mourning in a foreign land? Who raised these children? Where have they come from?”

Isaiah 54:1

Sing and shout, even though you have never had children! The LORD has promised that you will have more children than someone married for a long time.

Jeremiah 20:15

Put a curse on the man who told my father, “Good news! You have a son.”

Luke 1:14

His birth will make you very happy, and many people will be glad.

Luke 1:58

her neighbours and relatives heard how kind the Lord had been to her, and they too were glad.

Romans 12:15

When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad.

Hebrews 11:11

Even when Sarah was too old to have children, she had faith that God would do what he had promised, and she had a son.

1 Samuel 1:26

“Sir,” Hannah said, “a few years ago I stood here beside you and asked the LORD