Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
Genesis 18:12 - English Standard Version 2016 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?” Matoleo zaidiKing 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 himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’
And he said, “At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant.”
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, until it was light.