Genesis 21:6

Good News Translation (US Version)

Sarah said, “God has brought me joy and laughter. Everyone who hears about it will laugh with me.”

Cross References

Isaiah 54:1

Jerusalem, you have been like a childless woman, but now you can sing and shout for joy. Now you will have more children than a woman whose husband never left her.

Psalm 126:2

How we laughed, how we sang for joy! Then the other nations said about us, “The Lord did great things for them.”

Genesis 17:17

Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he thought, “Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?”

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard how wonderfully good the Lord had been to her, and they all rejoiced with her.

Luke 1:14

How glad and happy you will be, and how happy many others will be when he is born!

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say to yourself, ‘Who bore all these children for me? I lost my children and could have no more. I was exiled and driven away— who brought these children up? I was left all alone— where did these children come from?’”

Psalm 113:9

He honors the childless wife in her home; he makes her happy by giving her children. Praise the Lord!

Romans 12:15

Be happy with those who are happy, weep with those who weep.

Hebrews 11:11

It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarah herself could not have children. He trusted God to keep his promise.

1 Samuel 1:26

Hannah said to him, “Excuse me, sir. Do you remember me? I am the woman you saw standing here, praying to the Lord.

Isaiah 49:15

So the Lord answers, “Can a woman forget her own baby and not love the child she bore? Even if a mother should forget her child, I will never forget you.

Jeremiah 20:15

Curse the one who made my father glad by bringing him the news, “It's a boy! You have a son!”