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Genesis 18

Gen. 18:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Sarah
Sarah (Hebrew #8283)
Sarah, Abraham's wife
KJV usage: Sarah.
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: the same as 8282
denied
kachash (Hebrew #3584)
to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
KJV usage: deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-)lie, lying, submit selves.
Pronounce: kaw-khash'
Origin: a primitive root
, 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
, I 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
not; for she was afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
. And he said
'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
, Nay
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
; but thou didst laugh
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
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Psa. 44:21• 21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. (Psa. 44:21)
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Prov. 12:19• 19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. (Prov. 12:19)

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Sarah; Sarai; Sara

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Ministry on This Verse

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denied.
Gen. 4:9• 9And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? (Gen. 4:9)
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Gen. 12:13• 13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. (Gen. 12:13)
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Job 2:10• 10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. (Job 2:10)
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Prov. 28:13• 13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Prov. 28:13)
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John 18:17,25‑27• 17Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
 25And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
 26One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
 27Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. (John 18:17,25‑27)
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Eph. 4:23• 23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; (Eph. 4:23)
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Col. 3:9• 9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; (Col. 3:9)
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1 John 1:8• 8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:8)
Nay.
Psa. 44:21• 21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. (Psa. 44:21)
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Prov. 12:19• 19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. (Prov. 12:19)
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Mark 2:8• 8And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? (Mark 2:8)
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John 2:25• 25And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. (John 2:25)
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Rom. 3:19• 19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. (Rom. 3:19)
• Unbelief makes us cowards and liars; faith makes us bold and truthful. It enables us to “come boldly,” and to “draw near with true hearts.” (“Genesis 18” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• Never do we hear of any repetition of the evil on Sarah's part. It was a lesson not to be forgotten, yet how gracious! (“Abraham: Genesis 18, Continued” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but thou didst laugh.