Genesis Chapter 18 verse 12 Holy Bible
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
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And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?
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And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?
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Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
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Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
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Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"
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and Abraham and Sarah `are' aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Therefore (literally, and) Sarah laughed within herself - Abraham had laughed in joyful amazement, (Genesis 18:17) at the first mention of Sarah s son; Sarah laughs, if not in unbelief (Calvin, Keil, 'Speaker's Commentary,' Wordsworth), at least with a mingled feeling of doubt and delight (Lange, Murphy) at the announcement of her approaching maternity - saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? - literally, and my lord, i.e. my husband, is old. The reverential submission to Abraham which Sarah here displays is in the New Testament commended as a pattern to Christian wives (1 Peter 3:6).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Sarah laughed.--See Note on Genesis 17:17. The laughter of both husband and wife brings into prominence the inconceivable character of the fact. Sarah's conduct has been very unjustly condemned. Though Abraham may have begun to guess that his visitors were more than men, she probably had no such suspicions. Sitting inside the tent, and catching their words only occasionally, listening, perhaps, now only because she heard her own name mentioned, when she hears them talk of her having a child she naturally laughs. thinking possibly that they did not know how old she was.After I am waxed old.--The Hebrew word is stronger and more lively. It means "to be worn out like an old garment."
