Verse 12

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

Referenced Verses

  • 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.