Genesis 18:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking,“After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son 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 like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.
  • Gen 18:13 : 13 The LORD said to Abraham,“Why did Sarah laugh and say,‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’
  • Gen 21:6-7 : 6 Sarah said,“God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” 7 She went on to say,“Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!”
  • Ps 126:2 : 2 At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said,“The LORD has accomplished great things for these people.”
  • Luke 1:18-20 : 18 Zechariah said to the angel,“How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.” 19 The angel answered him,“I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. 20 And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place.”
  • Luke 1:34-35 : 34 Mary said to the angel,“How will this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?” 35 The angel replied,“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 Nevertheless, 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, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy. 12 So in fact children were fathered by one man– and this one as good as dead– like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore.

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  • Gen 18:13-15
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    13The LORD said to Abraham,“Why did Sarah laugh and say,‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’

    14Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”

    15Then Sarah lied, saying,“I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. But the LORD said,“No! You did laugh.”

  • Gen 18:9-11
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    86%

    9Then they asked him,“Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied,“There, in the tent.”

    10One of them said,“I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!”(Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.

    11Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)

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

    16I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”

    17Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

    18Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

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

    6Sarah said,“God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

    7She went on to say,“Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!”

  • Gen 21:1-2
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    1The Birth of Isaac The LORD visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

    2So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

  • Gen 24:36
    74%

    36My master’s wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.

  • Gen 16:2
    72%

    2So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.

  • Gen 17:21
    72%

    21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

  • Heb 11:11
    71%

    11By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

  • Rom 9:9
    70%

    9For this is what the promise declared:“About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son.”

  • Rom 4:19
    69%

    19Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead(because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

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

  • Gen 20:18
    69%

    18For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

  • Gen 20:11-12
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    11Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

    12What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.

  • 2 Kgs 4:16
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    16He said,“About this time next year you will be holding a son.” She said,“No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

  • Gen 23:1
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    1The Death of Sarah Sarah lived 127 years.

  • Gen 16:5-6
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    5Then Sarai said to Abram,“You have brought this wrong on me! I gave my servant into your embrace, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the LORD judge between you and me!”

    6Abram said to Sarai,“Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.

  • Gen 11:30
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    30But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

  • Gen 24:1
    68%

    1The Wife for Isaac Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in everything.

  • Luke 1:18
    68%

    18Zechariah said to the angel,“How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”

  • Gen 12:11
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    11As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,“Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

  • Gen 12:18-19
    2 verses
    67%

    18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

    19Why did you say,‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

  • Gen 21:12
    67%

    12But God said to Abraham,“Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.

  • Gen 18:6
    67%

    6So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah,“Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.”