Then Avraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, *Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?*
Genesis 21:6 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Sarah said, *God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh 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. |
Then Avraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, *Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?*
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, *The LORD has done great things for them.*
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
Then shall you say in your heart, Who has conceived these for me, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
Sing, barren, you who didn't bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the LORD.
Cursed be the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.
Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
She said, Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the LORD.