13Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?'


In Context

10 Then the Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.

11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"

13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?'

14 Is anything too hard for the Lord ? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."

15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh." But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."

Genesis 18:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sera laugh, saying: Shall I who am an old woman bear a child indeed ?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why is this, that Sarah laughs, saying, Shall I indeed bear, when I am become old?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I certainly bear a child, who am old?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13Yahweh said to Abraham, |Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, 'After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! — my lord also is old!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?