Genesis 21:6

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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

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

She said, "Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the LORD.

Hannah prayed, and said: "My heart exults in the LORD. My horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

"Sing, barren, you who did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than of her that has a husband," says the LORD.

Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.

A woman, when she gives birth, has pain, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she does not remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who do not bear. Break forth and shout, you that do not travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."

By faith he received power to procreate when he was past age, and Sarah herself was barren. He regarded him faithful who had promised.

Will laugh

You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

General references

Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.