Genesis 18:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Gen 4:9 : 9 And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?
  • Gen 12:13 : 13 Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
  • Job 2:10 : 10 And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
  • Ps 44:21 : 21 Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.
  • Prov 28:13 : 13 He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.
  • Mark 2:8 : 8 And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?
  • John 2:25 : 25 He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.
  • John 18:17 : 17 Then the girl who was the door-keeper said to Peter, Are you not one of this man's disciples? In answer he said, I am not.
  • John 18:25-27 : 25 But Simon Peter was still there warming himself by the fire. They said to him, Are you not one of his disciples? He said, No, I am not. 26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relation of him whose ear had been cut off by Peter, said, Did I not see you with him in the garden? 27 Then again Peter said, No. And straight away a cock gave its cry.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
  • Eph 4:23 : 23 And be made new in the spirit of your mind,
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

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  • Gen 18:9-14
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    9And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.

    10And 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.

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

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

    13And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

    14Is 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.

  • Gen 21:6-7
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    82%

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

    7And 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 17:15-19
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    15And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

    16And 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.

    17Then 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?

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

    19And 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 18:16-17
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    16And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.

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

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

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

  • Gen 12:18-19
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    18Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

    19Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

  • Gen 20:10-12
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    10And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?

    11And 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.

    12And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

  • Gen 20:2
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    2And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

  • 2 Kgs 4:16
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    16And 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 16:2
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    2And 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.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

  • Gen 20:18
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    18For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 21:9
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    9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.

  • Gen 16:5-6
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    5And 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.

    6And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

  • Gen 18:6
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    6Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

  • Gen 39:17
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    17Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;

  • Gen 11:30
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    30And Sarai had no child.

  • Gen 20:5
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    5Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

  • Gen 24:36
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    36And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.

  • 2 Kgs 4:28
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    28Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words?

  • Gen 26:9
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    9And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.

  • Luke 8:53
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    53And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.