Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to his heart, “Will a son be born to a 100-year-old man? Or will Sarah—who is 90 years old—give birth?”
Genesis 18:12 - Tree of Life Version So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I’ve grown decrepit, can I have desire—and my lord so old?” 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? |
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to his heart, “Will a son be born to a 100-year-old man? Or will Sarah—who is 90 years old—give birth?”
Then Adonai said to Abraham, “Why is it that Sarah laughed, saying, ‘Can I really give birth when I am so old?’
Then he said, “At this season next year, you will be embracing a son.” But she said, “No, my lord, do not lie to your handmaid, man of God.”
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with a song of joy. Then they said among the nations, “Adonai has done great things for them.”
“Listen, O daughter, consider and incline your ear. Forget your people and your father’s house.
In any case, let each of you love his own wife as himself, and let the wife respect her husband.
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her daughters by doing what is good and not fearing intimidation.
As the morning came, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man’s house where her master was, until it was full daylight.