Genesis 18:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

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  • Gen 18:9-12
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    9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.

    10 And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

    11 Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

    12 And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

  • Gen 17:15-19
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    15 And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

    16 And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

    17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

    18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

    19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

  • Gen 18:14-18
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    14 Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

    15 Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.

    16 And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.

    17 And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;

    18 Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

  • Gen 21:5-7
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    5 Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.

    6 And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.

    7 And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.

  • Gen 21:1-2
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    1 And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.

    2 And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.

  • 21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

  • 36 And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17 Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

    18 For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • 9 For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

  • 2 And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

  • 11 And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

  • 16 And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant.

  • Gen 20:10-11
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    10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?

    11 And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

  • 12 But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

  • Gen 15:2-3
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    2 And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.

    3 And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

  • 2 And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

  • 19 And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

  • 18 And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

  • 1 Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.

  • 30 And Sarai had no child.

  • 18 Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

  • 16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

  • 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.

  • 22 And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.

  • 1 Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

  • 6 Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

  • 5 And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.