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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 was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. (Psa. 126:2)
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Luke 1:18• 18And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. (Luke 1:18)
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1 Peter 3:6• 6Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. (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 the Lord 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• 17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that 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 was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. (Psa. 126:2)
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Luke 1:18‑20,34‑35• 18And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
 19And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad tidings.
 20And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
 34Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
 35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:18‑20,34‑35)
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Heb. 11:11‑12• 11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
 12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. (Heb. 11:11‑12)
my.
Eph. 5:33• 33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. (Eph. 5:33)
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1 Peter 3:6• 6Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. (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?