Genesis 21:6

6 And Sara sayde: God hath made me a laughinge stocke: for all yt heare will laugh at me

Genesis 21:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh
This she said on occasion of the name of her son Isaac, which name her husband had given him by divine direction, and to which she assented. This doubtless brought to her mind her former laughing, when she first heard that she should have a son, which was in a way of diffidence and distrust; but now God having given her a son, laid a foundation for laughter of another kind, for real, solid, joy and thankfulness: [so that] all that hear will laugh with me;
not laugh at her, and deride her, as Piscator interprets it; but congratulate her, and rejoice with her on this occasion, as on a like one the neighbours of Elisabeth did with her, ( Luke 1:58 ) .

Genesis 21:6 In-Context

4 and Abra circucysed Isaac his sone whe he was .viij. dayes olde as God commaunded him
5 And Abraha was an hundred yere olde when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him.
6 And Sara sayde: God hath made me a laughinge stocke: for all yt heare will laugh at me
7 She sayde also: who wolde haue sayde vnto Abraham that Sara shulde haue geuen childern sucke or yt I shulde haue borne him a sonne in his olde age:
8 The childe grewe and was wened and Abraham made a great feast the same daye that Isaac was wened.
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