Genesis 21:6

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Genesis 21:6

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

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 forsaken one will be more
than the children of the married woman,”
says the Lord.

Genesis 17:17

Abraham 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?”

Psalm 126:2

Our 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.”

Genesis 18:12-15

So she laughed to herself: “After I have become shriveled up and my lord is old, will I have delight?”

1 Samuel 1:26-10

“Please, my lord,” she said, “as sure as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord.

Psalm 113:9

He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!

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 49:21

Then you will say within yourself,
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”

Luke 1:14

There will be joy and delight for you,
and many will rejoice at his birth.

Luke 1:46-55

And Mary said:

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,

Luke 1:58

Then her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her His great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

John 16:21-22

When 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.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Galatians 4:27-28

For it is written:

Rejoice, childless woman,
who does not give birth.
Burst into song and shout,
you who are not in labor,
for the children of the desolate are many,
more numerous than those
of the woman who has a husband.

Hebrews 11:11

By 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.

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Summary

Genesis 21:6

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

God

Will laugh

Luke 1:14

Romans 12:15

General references

Genesis 21:3

Luke 1:14

Hebrews 6:15

Bible References

God

Abraham 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?”

So she laughed to herself: “After I have become shriveled up and my lord is old, will I have delight?”

“Please, my lord,” she said, “as sure as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord.

Hannah 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.

He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!

Our 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.”

“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.

And Mary said:

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,

For it is written:

Rejoice, childless woman,

who does not give birth.
Burst into song and shout,
you who are not in labor,
for the children of the desolate are many,
more numerous than those
of the woman who has a husband.

Will laugh

There will be joy and delight for you,
and many will rejoice at his birth.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

General references

Abraham named his son who was born to him—the one Sarah bore to him—Isaac.

There will be joy and delight for you,
and many will rejoice at his birth.

And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise.