Genesis 21:6

New English Translation

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, “Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

Psalm 113:9

He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 126:2

At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said, “The Lord has accomplished great things for these people.”

Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’”

Isaiah 54:1

“Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 20:15

Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him!

Luke 1:14

Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Hebrews 11:11

By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

1 Samuel 1:26

She said, “Just as surely as you are alive, my lord, I am the woman who previously stood here with you in order to pray to the Lord.