Abraham bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.”
Genesis 21:6 - Easy To Read Version And Sarah said, “God has made me happy. Every person who hears about this will be happy with me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh; all who hear will laugh with me. American Standard Version (1901) And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me. Common English Bible Sarah said, “God has given me laughter. Everyone who hears about it will laugh with me.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Sarah said: "God has brought laughter to me. Whoever will hear of it will laugh with me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me. Whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me. |
Abraham bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.”
A woman might not have children.\par But God will give children to her\par and make her happy.\par Praise the Lord!\par \par \par
We will be laughing\par and singing happy songs!\par People in other nations will say,\par “The Lord did a wonderful thing\par for the people of Israel.”\par
\{But I say\},\par “Can a woman forget her baby? No!\par Can a woman forget the child\par that came from her body?\par No! A woman can’t forget her children.\par And I (the Lord) can’t forget you.\par
Then you will say to yourself,\par ‘Who gave me all these children?\par This is very good!\par I was sad and lonely.\par I was defeated and away from my people.\par So who gave me these children?\par Look, I was left alone.\par Where did all these children come from?’”\par
Woman, be happy!\par You have not had any children.\par But you should be very happy!\par
Curse the man that told my father\par the news that I was born.\par “You have a son,” he said.\par “It is a boy!”\par He made my father very happy\par when he told him that news.\par
You will be very, very happy. Many people will be happy because of his birth.
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord (God) was very good to her. They were happy for her.
When other people are happy, you should be happy with them. And when other people are sad, you should be sad with them.
Abraham was too old to have children. And Sarah was not able to have children. But Abraham had faith in God, and so God made them able to have children. Abraham trusted God to do the things he promised.
Hannah said to Eli, “Pardon me, sir. I am the same woman that stood near you praying to the Lord. I promise that I am telling the truth.