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Genesis 18

Gen. 18:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore Sarah
Sarah (Hebrew #8283)
Sarah, Abraham's wife
KJV usage: Sarah.
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: the same as 8282
b laughed
tsachaq (Hebrew #6711)
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
KJV usage: laugh, mock, play, make sport.
Pronounce: tsaw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
within herself
qereb (Hebrew #7130)
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
KJV usage: X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
Pronounce: keh'-reb
Origin: from 7126
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, After
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
I am waxedc old
balah (Hebrew #1086)
to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
KJV usage: consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
Pronounce: baw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
shall I have pleasure
`eden (Hebrew #5730)
from 5727; pleasure
KJV usage: delicate, delight, pleasure. See also 1040.
Pronounce: ay'-den
Origin: or (feminine) aednah {ed-naw'}
, myd lord
'adown (Hebrew #113)
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
KJV usage: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".
Pronounce: aw-done'
Origin: or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}
being old also
zaqen (Hebrew #2204)
to be old
KJV usage: aged man, be (wax) old (man).
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: a primitive root
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Gen. 21:6• 6And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. (Gen. 21:6)
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Psa. 126:2• 2Then will be filled our mouth with laughter,{HR}And our tongue with rejoicing;{HR}Then shall they say among the nations,{HR}Jehovah will have done great things to (with) them. (Psa. 126:2)
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Luke 1:18• 18And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in years? (Luke 1:18)
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1 Peter 3:6• 6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children ye became doing good and not being afraid of any dismay. (1 Peter 3:6)

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Sarah; Sarai; Sara

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Ministry on This Verse

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laughed.
Gen. 18:13• 13And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? (Gen. 18:13)
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Gen. 17:17• 17And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear? (Gen. 17:17)
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Gen. 21:6‑7• 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. 21:6‑7)
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Psa. 126:2• 2Then will be filled our mouth with laughter,{HR}And our tongue with rejoicing;{HR}Then shall they say among the nations,{HR}Jehovah will have done great things to (with) them. (Psa. 126:2)
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Luke 1:18‑20,34‑35• 18And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?
 19And the angel answering, said to him, I am Gabriel who stand before God; and I have been sent to speak to thee and to bring these glad tidings to thee.
 20And, behold, thou shall be silent, and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, such as shall be fulfilled in their time.
 34But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?
 35And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, therefore the holy thing also which shall be born [of thee] shall be called Son of God. (Luke 1:18‑20,34‑35)
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Heb. 11:11‑12• 11By faith also Sarah herself received power for deposition of seed even beyond season of age, since she counted faithful him that promised.
 12Wherefore also there were born from one, and that one become dead, even as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand that is by the sea-shore. (Heb. 11:11‑12)
my.
Eph. 5:33• 33Nevertheless, ye also every one, let each so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife fear the husband. (Eph. 5:33)
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1 Peter 3:6• 6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children ye became doing good and not being afraid of any dismay. (1 Peter 3:6)
• She laughed in her doubt of the word. Could any of us imagine Abraham behind a door? Was there not a simple dignity in him incapable of hiding and listening behind a door? (“Abraham: Genesis 18” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?

W. Kelly Translation

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And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)