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

Wherefore.

John 2:25 And because he needed not that any should give testimony of man: for he knew what was in man.

Context
Sarah Laughs at the Promise
12And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure? 13And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I, who am an old woman, bear a child indeed?14Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.…
Cross References
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?

Genesis 18:14
Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.

Genesis 21:6
And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:7
And 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?

Lexicon
And the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

asked
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

Abraham,
אַבְרָהָ֑ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

“Why
לָ֣מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

did Sarah
שָׂרָ֜ה (śā·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham

laugh
צָחֲקָ֨ה (ṣā·ḥă·qāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6711: To laugh outright, to sport

and say,
לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘Can I really
הַאַ֥ף (ha·’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

bear a child
אֵלֵ֖ד (’ê·lêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

when I am
וַאֲנִ֥י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

old?’
זָקַֽנְתִּי׃ (zā·qan·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2204: To be or become old


Additional Translations
And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

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

And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.

And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why is this, that Sarah laughs, saying, Shall I indeed bear, when I am become old?

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

And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I certainly bear a child, who am old?

Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'

and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, 'After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! -- my lord also is old!'
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