Genesis 18:12 “So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master…”

Genesis 18:12

So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

World English Bible

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

American Standard Version

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore Sarah laughed within her selfe, saying, After I am waxed olde, and my lord also, shall I haue lust?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and Abraham and Sarah [are] aged, entering into days — the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;

Bible in Basic English

And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

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Cross references

“laughed”

Genesis 17:17 Luke 1:18–20 Genesis 18:13 Psalm 126:2 Genesis 21:6 Genesis 21:7

Genesis 17:17 · BSB

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

Luke 1:18–20 · BSB

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

Genesis 18:13 · BSB

And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

Psalm 126:2 · BSB

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

Genesis 21:6 · BSB

Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

Genesis 21:7 · BSB

She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

“my”

1 Peter 3:6 Ephesians 5:33

1 Peter 3:6 · BSB

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

Ephesians 5:33 · BSB

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

13And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

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