Genesis 18:13 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 18:13

And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

BSB

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ASV

And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

KJV

And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And the Lord (Jehovah) said, etc. - So it appears that one of those three persons was Jehovah, and as this name is never given to any created being, consequently the ever-blessed God is intended; and as he was never seen in any bodily shape, consequently the great Angel of the covenant, Jesus Christ, must be meant. See note on Gen 16:7.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"Wherefore did I laugh?" Again, Our unbelief and distrust are a great offence to the God of heaven. He justly takes it ill to have the objections of sense set up in contradiction to his promise, as Luke i. Here is a question asked which is enough to answer all the cavils of flesh and blood: Is any thing too hard for the Lord?

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַבְרָהָ֑ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
לָ֣מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
זֶּה֩	zeh	this	H2088 →
צָחֲקָ֨ה	tza.cha.Kah	did she laugh	H6711 →
שָׂרָ֜ה	sa.Rah	Sarah	H8283 →
לֵאמֹ֗ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
הַאַ֥ף	ha.'Af	¿ also	H637 →
אֻמְנָ֛ם	'um.Nam	really	H552 →
אֵלֵ֖ד	'e.Led	will I bear a child	H3205 →
וַאֲנִ֥י	va.'a.Ni	and I	H589 →
זָקַֽנְתִּי׃	za.Kan.ti	I am old	H2204 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk4

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 2:25
He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
leads to
- John 13:11
  For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
- Matthew 9:4
  But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?
- John 6:64
  However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
- John 6:61
  Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis