Genesis 21:6

Translations

Modern

Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

Traditional

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

Literal

And Sarah said, “God has brought to me laughter; all who hear will laugh with me.”

Latin

Dixitque Sara: Risum fecit mihi Deus: quicumque audierit, corridebit mihi.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

Notes

Genesis 21:6

Sarah’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.

Genesis 21:6–7

Sarah was filled with joy and praise for this amazing event. Only God could enable her to have a child.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Isaac Ishmael Sarah Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Psalm 126:2
Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Isaiah 54:1
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
Luke 1:58
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
Isaiah 49:21
Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
Luke 1:14
He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
Galatians 4:27–28
For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
Luke 1:46–55
Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,
Psalm 113:9
He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
John 16:21–22
A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
Genesis 18:12–15
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

People

Sarah: Wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac

Glossary

Abraham Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Laughter Meaning of Names in the Bible Patriarchs, Period of the Primogeniture

Topics

Children were Named: from Remarkable Events Humor and Laughter Isaac: The Miraculous Son of Abraham Ishmael: Son of Abraham: Sent Away by Abraham Laughing Thankfulness: To God of Sarah

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