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Genesi 18:12

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12 E Sara rise dentro di sé, dicendo: "Vecchia come sono, avrei io tali piaceri? e anche il mio signore è vecchio!"

Genesi 18:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 18:12

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself
Not for joy of a son, and as pleased with it, believing so it would be; but as disbelieving it, and perhaps deriding it, and confuting it with a laugh, which, though it did not appear in her countenance, was secretly in her heart: saying,
not with her mouth, but in her mind, after I am waxed old,
being almost ninety years of age, shall I have pleasure?
in conception, or rather in having a son, and in suckling and nursing him, and bringing him up; for in bearing and bringing forth is sorrow: and my Lord being old also;
which increased the difficulty and her unbelief: the Apostle Peter seems to have respect to this in ( 1 Peter 3:6 ) .

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Genesi 18:12 In-Context

10 E l’altro: "Tornerò certamente da te fra un anno; ed ecco, Sara tua moglie avrà un figliuolo". E Sara ascoltava all’ingresso della tenda, ch’era dietro a lui.
11 Or Abrahamo e Sara eran vecchi, bene avanti negli anni, e Sara non aveva più i corsi ordinari delle donne.
12 E Sara rise dentro di sé, dicendo: "Vecchia come sono, avrei io tali piaceri? e anche il mio signore è vecchio!"
13 E l’Eterno disse ad Abrahamo: "Perché mai ha riso Sara, dicendo: Partorirei io per davvero, vecchia come sono?
14 V’ha egli cosa che sia troppo difficile per l’Eterno? Al tempo fissato, fra un anno, tornerò, e Sara avrà un figliuolo".
The Riveduta Bible is in the public domain.

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