Genesis 18:12

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So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, 'After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?'

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her children if you do what is good and do not fear anything that frightens you.
  • Gen 18:13 : 13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”'
  • Gen 21:6-7 : 6 Sarah said, 'God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.' 7 And she added, 'Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.'
  • Ps 126:2 : 2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues with joyful songs. Then it was said among the nations, 'The LORD has done great things for them.'
  • Luke 1:18-20 : 18 Zechariah said to the angel, 'How can I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.' 19 The angel answered him, 'I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and bring to you this good news.' 20 Now listen, you will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.
  • Luke 1:34-35 : 34 Mary said to the angel, 'How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?' 35 The angel replied to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.'
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 However, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
  • Heb 11:11-12 : 11 By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised. 12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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    13Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”'

    14Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.

    15But Sarah denied it, saying, 'I did not laugh,' because she was afraid. But He replied, 'No, you did laugh.'

  • Gen 18:9-11
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    9They asked him, 'Where is your wife Sarah?' He replied, 'There, in the tent.'

    10Then one of them said, 'I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.' Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him.

    11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well along in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

  • Gen 17:15-19
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    15Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

    16I will bless her and surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.

    17Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"

    18And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"

    19Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gen 21:5-7
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    5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

    6Sarah said, 'God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.'

    7And she added, 'Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.'

  • Gen 21:1-2
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    1The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.

    2Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him.

  • Gen 24:36
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    36Sarah, my master’s wife, bore him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

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    2So Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the LORD has prevented me from having children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." And Abram listened to Sarai's voice.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.

  • Heb 11:11
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    11By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.

  • Rom 9:9
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    9For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'

  • Rom 4:19
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    19And without weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, which was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—or the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

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

  • Gen 20:18
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    18For the LORD had completely closed every womb in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 20:11-12
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    11Abraham replied, 'I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

    12Besides, she really is my sister—the daughter of my father though not of my mother—and she became my wife.

  • 2 Kgs 4:16
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    16Then Elisha said, "At this time next year, you will be holding a son in your arms." She replied, "No, my lord, man of God, do not deceive your servant."

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    5Then Sarai said to Abram, "The wrong done to me is your fault. I gave my maidservant into your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, I am despised in her eyes. May the LORD judge between you and me."

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    30Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

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    1Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in every way.

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    18Zechariah said to the angel, 'How can I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.'

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    11As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

  • Gen 12:18-19
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    18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?"

    19"Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go."

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    12But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'

  • Gen 18:6
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    6So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, 'Quickly prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.'