And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
Genesis 18:12 - Modern King James Version Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After my being old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I have become aged shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband), being old also? [I Pet. 3:6.] American Standard Version (1901) And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? Common English Bible So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, I’m no longer able to have children and my husband’s old. Catholic Public Domain Version And she laughed secretly, saying, "After I have grown old, and my lord is elderly, shall I give myself to the work of delight?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure? |
And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I, who am old, truly bear a child?
And he said, At this time, according to the time of life, you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing; then they said among the nations, Jehovah has done great things with them.
And cause the King greatly to desire your beauty, for He is your Lord, and you shall worship Him.
But also let everyone of you in particular so love his wife even as himself, and the wife that she defers to her husband.
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children you became, doing good and fearing no terror.
And the woman came, in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until it was light.