Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 21:6
6Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
Genesis 21:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
- New International Version (NIV)Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.”
Context of Genesis 21:6
4When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him. 5Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.” 7She also said, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him in his old age.” 8The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
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וַתֹּ֣אמֶר שָׂרָ֔ה צְחֹ֕ק עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י אֱלֹהִ֑ים כָּל־הַשֹּׁמֵ֖עַ יִֽצְחַק־לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 21:6
- Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?”
- Genesis 18:12So she laughed to herself: “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I have delight?”
- 1 Samuel 1:26“Please, my lord,” she said, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 2:1Hannah prayed: My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is lifted up by the Lord. My mouth boasts over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
- Psalms 113:9He gives the childless woman a household, making her the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah!
- Psalms 126:2Our mouths were filled with laughter then, and our tongues with shouts of joy. Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
- Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.
- Isaiah 54:1“Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth; burst into song and shout, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.
- Luke 1:46And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord,
- John 16:21When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.
- Galatians 4:27For it is written, Rejoice, childless woman, unable to give birth. Burst into song and shout, you who are not in labor, for the children of the desolate woman will be many, more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.
- Hebrews 11:11By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the one who had promised was faithful.
- Luke 1:14There will be joy and delight for you, and many will rejoice at his birth.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Commentaries on Genesis 21:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6God hath made me to laugh - Sarah alludes here to the circumstance mentioned Genesis 18:12; and as she seems to use the word to laugh in this place, not in the sense of being incredulous but to express such pleasure or happiness as almost suspends the reasoning faculty for a time, it justifies the observation on the above-named verse. See a similar case in Luke 24:41, where the disciples were so overcome with the good news of our Lord's resurrection, that…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-34Verses 1-34 - The Birth of Isaac 7. מלל mı̂lēl “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. 14. חמת chêmet “bottle,” akin to חמה chāmâh “surround, enclose,” and הוּם chûm “black. באר שׁבע beêr -sheba‛ Beer-sheba, “well of seven.” 22. פיכל pı̂ykol Pikhol, “mouth or spokesman of all.” 23. נין nı̂yn “offspring, kin;” related: “sprout, flourish.” נכד neked “progeny,” perhaps “acquaintance,” cognate with נגד ngd “be before” (the eyes) and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Sarah’s made a wordplay with the name Isaac (Hebrew yitskhaq, meaning “he laughs”). It shows how laughing in disbelief turned to laughing in joy when God fulfilled the promise (18:12). Isaac’s name might reflect the pleasure of God and his parents at his birth. Sarah knew everyone who heard about this would laugh and celebrate with her.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131. the Lord visited Sarah--The language of the historian seems designedly chosen to magnify the power of God as well as His faithfulness to His promise. It was God's grace that brought about that event, as well as the raising of spiritual children to Abraham, of which the birth of this son was typical [Calvin].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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