KJV King James Version
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.
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Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
WEB World English Bible
Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Sarah saith, ‘God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 21
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
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Psalm 126:2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.Isaiah 54:1Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.Genesis 17:17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?Luke 1:58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.Isaiah 49:21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where [had] they [been]?Galatians 4:27-28For it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.Luke 1:46-55And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,Psalm 113:9He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.Luke 1:14And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.Genesis 18:12-15Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?Hebrews 11:11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.John 16:21-22A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.1 Samuel 1:26And she said, Oh my lord, [as] thy soul liveth, my lord, I [am] the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.Isaiah 49:15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
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