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