◄ Genesis 18:13 ►
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Good News Translation
Then the LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Can I really have a child when I am so old?'

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’

Contemporary English Version
The LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Does she doubt that she can have a child in her old age?

New American Bible
But the LORD said to Abraham: “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really bear a child, old as I am?’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I, who am an old woman, bear a child indeed?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I, who am an old woman, bear a child indeed?

Wherefore.

John 2:25 And because he needed not that any should give testimony of man: for he knew what was in man.

Context
Sarah Laughs at the Promise
…12And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure? 13And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I, who am an old woman, bear a child indeed?14Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.…
Cross References
Genesis 18:12
And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?

Genesis 18:14
Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.

Genesis 21:6
And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:7
And again she said: Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore to him in his old age?

Genesis 18:12
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