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Genesis 18:13

New International Reader's Version

Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Will I really have a baby, now that I am old?’

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So she laughed to herself. She thought, “I’m worn out, and my husband is old. Can I really know the joy of having a baby?”

Is anything too hard for me? I will return to you at the appointed time next year. Sarah will have a son.”

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

She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would breast-feed children? But I’ve had a son by him when he is old.”

He didn’t need anyone to tell him what people are like. He already knew why people do what they do.