Genesis 18:12

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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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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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 ord...
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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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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 .
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...
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 pl...
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 fro...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Laughed ] in unbelief, not in joy.
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....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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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 cal...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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 Sa...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old, shall I have pleasure, as the result of the return to youthful vigor, my lord,...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹² Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Related Commentaries of Genesis 18:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 18:12