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Genesis 18:12 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Genesis 18:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 18 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
Genesis 18:12 (KJV)
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Commentary on Genesis 18:12
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord ... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contras...
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Cross-References for Genesis 18:12
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“calling him lord”
“and laughed”
“How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”
“How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
“God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
“Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?',And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?,וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־אַבְרָהָם לָמָּה זֶּה צָחֲקָה שָׂרָה לֵאמֹר הַאַף אֻמְנָם אֵלֵד וַאֲנִי זָקַנְתִּי׃ ,And the LORD said unto Abraham: Wherefore did Sarah laugh”
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
“even Sarah herself received power to conceive”
“and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations”