Verse 12
Genesis 18:12
Free Bible Version
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The Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and ask, ‘How could it possibly be true that I'll have a child now I'm so old?’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תִּצְחַ֥ק שָׂרָ֖ה בְּ/קִרְבָּ֣/הּ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אַחֲרֵ֤י בְלֹתִ/י֙ הָֽיְתָה לִּ֣/י עֶדְנָ֔ה וַֽ/אדֹנִ֖/י זָקֵֽן
English Translation
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have become worn out, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old?"
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Chapter 18 Context
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The Lord appeared to Abraham at the oaks of Mamre. Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent a...
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He looked up and all of a sudden he saw three men standing there. As soon as he saw them, he ran ove...
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He said, “Sir, if you please, don't continue your journey without spending some time here with me, y...
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Also let me bring some food so you can get your strength back before you go on your way, now that yo...
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Abraham hurried back to the tent and told Sarah, “Quick! Make some bread using three large measures...
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Then Abraham ran to the cattle herd and chose a good, young calf and gave it to his servant who quic...
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Then he took some yogurt, milk, and the cooked meat, and placed the food in front of them. He stood...
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“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him. “Over there, inside the tent,” he replied.
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Then one said, “I promise you that I will come back to visit you about this time next year, and your...
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Abraham and Sarah were old, getting on in years. Sarah was well past the age of having children.
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Sarah was laughing inside, saying to herself, “Now that I'm old and worn out, how would I experience...
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The Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and ask, ‘How could it possibly be true that I'll have...
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Is anything too difficult for the Lord to do? I will come back next year when I said I would, in the...
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Sarah denied it because she was afraid, claiming, “I didn't laugh.” “Yes, you did laugh,” the Lord r...
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15
Then the men left. They looked down on Sodom and headed in that direction. Abraham accompanied them...
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Then the Lord said, “Should I keep from Abraham what I'm going to do?
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Abraham will definitely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on earth will be ble...
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I've chosen him so that he will teach his sons and their families to follow the way of the Lord by d...
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Then the Lord said, “There are many complaints made against Sodom and Gomorrah because they sin so b...
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I'm going to see if these complaints that have reached me are completely true. I'll know if they're...
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The two men turned and went towards Sodom, but the Lord stayed there with Abraham.
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Abraham came to him and asked: “Are you really going to wipe out the good people along with the wick...
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What if there are fifty good people in the town? Are you still going to wipe it out despite the fift...
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No, you can't do something like that! You can't kill the good with the wicked, otherwise you would b...
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“If I find fifty good people in Sodom, I'll spare the whole town because of them,” the Lord replied.
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“Since I've started, let me go on speaking to my Lord, even though I'm nothing but dust and ashes,”...
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“What if there are forty-five good people, just five less? Are you still going to wipe out the whole...
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Abraham spoke up again and he asked the Lord, “What if only forty can be found?” “I won't do it for...
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“My Lord, please don't get angry with me,” Abraham went on. “Let me ask this—what if only thirty wer...
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“I admit I've been very bold to speak to my Lord like this,” Abraham said. “What if only twenty are...
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“Please don't get angry with me, my Lord,” Abraham said. “Just let me ask one more thing. What if on...
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The Lord left once he had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham went home.
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