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Genesis 21:6

Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

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ASV

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me.

KJV

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559 →
שָׂרָ֔הsa.RahSarahH8283 →
צְחֹ֕קtze.ChoklaughterH6712 →
עָ֥שָׂה'A.sahhe has madeH6213 →
לִ֖יlifor <the> me
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
כָּל־kol-everyoneH3605 →
הַשֹּׁמֵ֖עַha.sho.Me.a'who hearsH8085 →
יִֽצְחַק־yitz.chak-he will laughH6711 →
לִֽי׃Lito <the> me

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Psalms 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”Job 8:21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”Luke 1:58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.Luke 1:14He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,Luke 1:46–55Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,Isaiah 49:21Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”Psalms 113:9He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!Galatians 4:27–28For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.Hebrews 11:11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.Genesis 18:12–15So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”John 16:21–22A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!1 Samuel 1:26“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,Genesis 17:19But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

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