Verse 6

Genesis 21:6

World English Bible

6 Sarah said, “God (Elohim) has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר שָׂרָ֔ה צְחֹ֕ק עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖/י אֱלֹהִ֑ים כָּל הַ/שֹּׁמֵ֖עַ יִֽצְחַק לִֽ/י
English Translation
And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me."
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Chapter 21 Context
1 Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. Focus ↗
2 Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God (Elohim) had sp... Focus ↗
3 Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. Focus ↗
4 Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God (Elohim) had commanded him. Focus ↗
5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him. Focus ↗
6 Sarah said, “God (Elohim) has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
7 She said, “Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a s... Focus ↗
8 The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. Focus ↗
9 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. Focus ↗
10 Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will... Focus ↗
11 The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son. Focus ↗
12 God (Elohim) said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and becaus... Focus ↗
13 I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.” Focus ↗
14 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, pu... Focus ↗
15 The water in the bottle was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs. Focus ↗
16 She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let... Focus ↗
17 God (Elohim) heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God (Elohim) called to Hagar out of the sky, a... Focus ↗
18 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.” Focus ↗
19 God (Elohim) opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, a... Focus ↗
20 God (Elohim) was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, a... Focus ↗
21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt. Focus ↗
22 At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God (Elohim) i... Focus ↗
23 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God (Elohim) that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my... Focus ↗
24 Abraham said, “I will swear.” Focus ↗
25 Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently ta... Focus ↗
26 Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it u... Focus ↗
27 Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant. Focus ↗
28 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. Focus ↗
29 Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?” Focus ↗
30 He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I... Focus ↗
31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there. Focus ↗
32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and th... Focus ↗
33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlastin... Focus ↗
34 Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days. Focus ↗