Verse 13
Genesis 18:13
World English Bible, British Edition
13
The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will
I really bear a child when I am old?’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל אַבְרָהָ֑ם לָ֣/מָּה זֶּה֩ צָחֲקָ֨ה שָׂרָ֜ה לֵ/אמֹ֗ר הַ/אַ֥ף אֻמְנָ֛ם אֵלֵ֖ד וַ/אֲנִ֥י זָקַֽנְתִּי
English Translation
And the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Is it really true that I will bear a child now that I am old?'"
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Chapter 18 Context
1
The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door
in the heat of the day.
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2
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him.
When he saw them, he ran to...
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3
and said, “My lord, if now I have found favour in your sight, please
don’t go away from your servant...
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4
Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves
under the tree.
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5
I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that
you may go your way, now that...
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6
Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare
three seahs of fine meal, knead i...
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7
Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave
it to the servant. He hurried...
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8
He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before
them. He stood by them un...
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9
They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?”
He said, “There, in the tent.”
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10
He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time
next year; and behold, Sarah your wife w...
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11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed
the age of childbearing.
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12
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will
I have pleasure, my lord being ol...
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13
The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will
I really bear a child when I am old?’
14
Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to
you, when the season comes aroun...
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15
Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was
afraid.
He said, “No, but you did laugh....
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16
The men rose up from there, and looked towards Sodom. Abraham
went with them to see them on their wa...
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17
The LORD said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
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18
since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all
the nations of the earth will be...
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19
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and
his household after him, that...
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20
The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and
because their sin is very grievo...
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21
I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports
which have come to me. If...
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22
The men turned from there, and went towards Sodom, but Abraham
stood yet before the LORD.
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23
Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the
wicked?
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24
What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume
and not spare the place for the...
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25
May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous
with the wicked, so that the ri...
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26
The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare the whole plac...
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27
Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the
Lord, although I am dust and a...
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28
What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy
all the city for lack of five?...
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29
He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty
found there?”
He said, “I will not do...
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30
He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak.
What if there are thirty found there?”
H...
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31
He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the
Lord. What if there are twenty found th...
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32
He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just
once more. What if ten are found the...
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33
The LORD went his way as soon as he had finished communing with
Abraham, and Abraham returned to his...
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