Genesis 18:9 "Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him. "There, in the tent," he said.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
"Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him. "There, in the tent," he said.

English Standard Version
They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.”

New American Standard Bible
Then they said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "There, in the tent."

King James Bible
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him." There, in the tent," he answered.

International Standard Version
The men asked him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" "There, in the tent," he replied.

American Standard Version
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo, she is in the tent.

Darby Bible Translation
And they said to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

Young's Literal Translation
And they say unto him, 'Where is Sarah thy wife?' and he saith, 'Lo -- in the tent;'

Cross References

Hebrews 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Genesis 3:9
And the LORD God called to Adam, and said to him, Where are you?

Genesis 18:8
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

Genesis 18:10
And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and, see, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

18:9-15 Where is Sarah thy wife? was asked. Note the answer, In the tent. Just at hand, in her proper place, occupied in her household concerns. There is nothing got by gadding. Those are most likely to receive comfort from God and his promises, who are in their proper place, and in the way of their duty, Lu 2:8. We are slow of heart to believe, and need line upon line to the same purport. The blessings others have from common providence, believers have from the Divine promise, which makes them very sweet, and very sure. The spiritual seed of Abraham owe their life, and joy, and hope, and all, to the promise. Sarah thinks this too good news to be true; she laughed, and therefore cannot as yet find in her heart to believe it. Sarah laughed. We might not have thought there was a difference between Sarah's laughter and Abraham's, ch. 17:17; but He who searches the heart, saw that the one sprung from unbelief, and the other from faith. She denied that she had laughed. One sin commonly brings in another, and it is not likely we shall strictly keep to truth, when we question the Divine truth. But whom the Lord loves he will rebuke, convict, silence, and bring to repentance, and if they sin before him.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Ge 18:9-15. Reproof of Sarah. An inquiry about his wife, so surprising in strangers, the subject of conversation, and the fulfilment of the fondly cherished promise within a specified time, showed Abraham that he had been entertaining more than ordinary travellers (Heb 13:2).