Genesis 18:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? ”

• Genesis 18:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - The Visit of the Lord to Abraham 2. השׂתחיה vayı̂śtachû “bow,” or bend the body in token of respect to God or man. The attitude varies from a slight inclination of the body to entire pro...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Therefore Sarah (g) laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? (g) For she believed the order of nature, rather than believing the promise of...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  At the midday siesta Abraham suddenly becomes aware that three men are standing near his tent. That they appear with such mysterious suddenness does not, however, suggest their true character to him....

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• Genesis 18:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  laughed. See note on Genesis 17:17 . After. Figure of speech Erotesis. my lord. Hebrew. Adon. See App-4 and compare 1 Peter 3:6 .

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• Genesis 18:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  12. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself Abraham had laughed before, as appears in the preceding chapter Genesis 17:1 : but the laughter of both was, by no means, similar. For Sarah is n...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? Sarah laughed - Partly through pleasure at the bare idea of the possibility of the...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Sarah laughed, &c.— It is universally agreed, that Sarah's was not a laugh of joy arising from the Divine promise, but a laughing springing from incredulity, as we think it appears that Abraham...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. An enquiry about his wife, so surprising in strangers, the subject of conversation, and the announced fulfill...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Visit of the Angels to Abraham. The Judgment of Sodom announced. Abraham intercedes on its Behalf In this beautiful narrative the writer dwells on the unique revelations of God's purposes with...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Sarah laughed. — See Note on Genesis 17:17 . The laughter of both husband and wife brings into prominence the inconceivable character of the fact. Sarah’s conduct has been very unjustly condemned....

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• Genesis 18:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  ABRAHAM'S INTERCESSION FOR SODOM Genesis 18:1-33 THE scene with which this chapter opens is one familiar to the observer of nomad life in the East. During the scorching heat and glaring light o...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Abraham Entertains Heavenly Visitors Genesis 18:1-15 The Son of God is the central figure here. He loves the homes of men. It has ever been His wont to visit the homes and hearts of those who l...

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• Genesis 18:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is the account of the sixth appearance of God to Abraham. In it four phases of relationship between God and Abraham are revealed. God visited Abraham and Abraham provided for Him. God bestowed o...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? Here the speaker is expressly called Jehovah; so in Genesis 18:17 and following v...

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• Genesis 18:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Therefore Sarah laughed within herself ,.... Not for joy of a son, and as pleased with it, believing so it would be; but as disbelieving it, and perhaps deriding it, and confuting it with a laugh, w...

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• Genesis 18:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? Ver. 12. Sarah laughed. ] God's promises seem absurd and ridiculous, many of the...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Sarah laughed within herself It was not a laughter of faith, like Abraham's, ( Genesis 17:17 ,) but a laughter of doubting and distrust. The great objection which Sarah could not get over was her a...

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• Genesis 18:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A DIVINE VISITATION Though previous to this chapter we read twice of the Lord appearing to Abraham (ch.13:7; 17:1), we are not told in what way He appeared. Now, in chapter 18 we are faced with wh...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.   10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wi...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Sarah laughed within herself; not from joy and admiration, but from distrust and contempt, as if it were incredible. Heb. In her heart, i.e. she secretly derided it, though none but herself, as...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “When I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”.' The words she overhears make Sarah laugh to herself. The idea is preposterous. Th...

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• Genesis 18:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 18:9 . In the tent.] In the women’s apartments. Genesis 18:10 . I will certainly return unto thee. ] Heb. Returning I will return. An emphatic form of affirmation....

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• Genesis 18:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Genesis 18:1 . The plains, or the oak, of Mamre, which became a far-famed place, because of Abraham's intercourse with the heavenly guests. Genesis 18:2 . Three men. The manners of the east,...

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• Genesis 18:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, Which am old? The conflict between fear and faith I. THE THINGS PROMISED SO FAITH ARE DIFFICULT OF RELIEF. 1. It is neces...

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• Genesis 18:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Genesis 18:1 And the Lord — Jehovah , the Divine name employed throughout the present and succeeding chapters, which are accordingly assigned to the Jehovist (Tuch, Bleek, David...

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• Genesis 18:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Specific Promise of Isaac's Birth

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• Genesis 18:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  laughed. Genesis 18:13 Genesis 17:17 Genesis 21:6 Genesis 21:7 Psalms 126:2 Luke 1:18-20 Luke 1:34 Luke 1:35 Hebrews 11:11 Hebrews 11:12 my. Ephesians 5:33 1 Peter 3:6

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• Genesis 18:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Sarah laughed within herself — It was not a laughter of faith, like Abraham's, Genesis 17:17 , but a laughter of doubting and distrust. The great objection which Sarah could not get over was her a...

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