Genesis 18:13
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Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’
Read Genesis 18:13 Using Other Translations
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?'
Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?’
What does Genesis 18:13 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Genesis 18:13
And the Lord said unto Abraham
This discovers who the person was that had been conversing with
Abraham, that he was a divine Person, as appears by his name
"Jehovah", as well as by his knowledge of Sarah's behaviour; he
did not turn himself to her, that it might be more manifest that
it was not upon the sight of her he judged she laughed, but from
his own omniscience; and he chose rather to speak to her husband
than to her, appearing as a stranger, and that he might reprove
her: wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, shall I of a surety
bear a child,
which am old?
suggesting there was no reason for it, and signifying his
displeasure and indignation at it.
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