Genesis 17:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

laughed: for joy. Hebrew. was joyful. Compare John 8:56, "rejoiced to see my day... and was glad. "The laughter of faith, Romans 4:19. Sarah did not fall down as Abraham did, Genesis 17:3.

Shall, &c. Figure of speech Erotesis. (Compare Hebrews 11:12).

Genesis 17:17

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?