Genesis 21:6
Good News Translation
Sarah said, "God has brought me joy and laughter. Everyone who hears about it will laugh with me."

New Revised Standard Version
Now Sarah said, “God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

Contemporary English Version
and Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. And now everyone will laugh with me.

New American Bible
Sarah then said, “God has given me cause to laugh, and all who hear of it will laugh with me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.

God.

Genesis 17:17 Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

Genesis 18:12-15 And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure? . . .

1 Samuel 1:26-28 And Anna said: I beseech thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord: I am that woman, who stood before thee here praying to the Lord. . . .

1 Samuel 2:1-10 My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies: because I have joyed in thy salvation. . . .

Psalm 113:9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.

Psalm 126:2 Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them.

Isaiah 49:15,21 Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee. . . .

Isaiah 54:1 Give praise, O thou barren, that bearest not: sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise, thou that didst not travail with child: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband, saith the Lord.

Luke 1:46-55 And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord. . . .

John 16:21,22 A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. . . .

Galatians 4:27,28 For it is written: Rejoice, thou barren, that bearest not: break forth and cry thou that travailest not: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband. . . .

Hebrews 11:11 By faith also Sara herself, being barren, received strength to conceive seed, even past the time of age: because she believed that he was faithful who had promised,

to laugh.

Genesis 18:12 And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?

; and also the name Isaac, which implies laughter.

will laugh.

Luke 1:14,58 And thou shalt have joy and gladness: and many shall rejoice in his nativity. . . .

Romans 12:15 Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.

Context
The Birth of Isaac
5When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father, was Isaac born. 6And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.7And again she said: Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore to him in his old age?…
Cross References
Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

Genesis 18:13
And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I, who am an old woman, bear a child indeed?

Psalm 126:2
Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them.

Isaiah 54:1
Give praise, O thou barren, that bearest not: sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise, thou that didst not travail with child: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 20:15
Cursed be the man that brought the tidings to my father, saying: A man child is born to thee: and made him greatly rejoice.

Genesis 21:5
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