Genesis 18:12

In 11 translations

BSB

So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

KJV

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

WEB

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

ASV

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

LSV

and Sarah laughs in her heart, saying, “After I have waxed old have I had pleasure? My lord [is] also old!”

YLT18:13

and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, 'After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! — my lord also [is] old!'

DBY

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?

DRC

And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?

GNV

Therefore Sarah laughed within her selfe, saying, After I am waxed olde, and my lord also, shall I haue lust?

JPS

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: 'After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?'

LXXE

And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.Gr. The difference turns on the word עדנה. Heb. pleasure. Gr. until now.

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WLC

וַתִּצְחַ֥ק שָׂרָ֖ה בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ לֵאמֹ֑ר אַחֲרֵ֤י בְלֹתִי֙ הָֽיְתָה־לִּ֣י עֶדְנָ֔ה וַֽאדֹנִ֖י זָקֵֽן׃

LXX-Br

Ἐγέλασε δὲ Σάῤῥα ἐν ἑαυτῇ λέγουσα, οὔπω μέν μοι γέγονεν ἕως τοῦ νῦν· ὁ δὲ κύριός μου πρεσβύτερος.

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• Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
• 1 Peter 3:6just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
• Luke 1:18–20“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.” “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you…
• Genesis 18:13And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
• Luke 1:34–35“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the…
• Genesis 21:6–7Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.” She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
• Psalms 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
• Hebrews 11:11–12By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised. And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants…
• Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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