Genesis 18:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
  • Gen 18:13 : 13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
  • Gen 21:6-7 : 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.
  • Ps 126:2 : 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
  • Luke 1:18-20 : 18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. 19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. 20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
  • Luke 1:34-35 : 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.
  • Heb 11:11-12 : 11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

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    13And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

    14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

    15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

  • Gen 18:9-11
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    9¶ And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

    10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him.

    11Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age; [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

  • Gen 17:15-19
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    15¶ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].

    16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

    17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

    18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

    19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.

  • Gen 21:5-7
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    5And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

    6And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.

    7And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.

  • Gen 21:1-2
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    1¶ And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

    2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

  • Gen 24:36
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    36And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

  • Gen 16:2
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    2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

  • Heb 11:11
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    11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

  • Rom 9:9
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    9For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

  • Rom 4:19
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    19And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:

  • 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.

  • Gen 20:18
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    18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 20:11-12
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    11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

    12And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

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    16And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, [thou] man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

  • Gen 23:1
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    1¶ And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.

  • Gen 16:5-6
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    5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong [be] upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

    6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

  • Gen 11:30
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    30But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child.

  • Gen 24:1
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    1¶ And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

  • Luke 1:18
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    18And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

  • Gen 12:11
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    11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou [art] a fair woman to look upon:

  • Gen 12:18-19
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    18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife?

    19Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.

  • Gen 21:12
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    12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

  • Gen 18:6
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    6And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes upon the hearth.