Genesis 18:15
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
KJV
Negavit Sara, dicens : Non risi, timore perterrita. Dominus autem : Non est, inquit, ita : sed risisti.
Vulgate
ἠρνήσατο δὲ Σάρρα λέγουσα Οὐκ ἐγέλασα· ἐφοβήθη γάρ. καὶ εἶπεν Οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ἐγέλασας.
LXX
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
ASV
וַ/תְּכַחֵ֨שׁ שָׂרָ֧ה לֵ/אמֹ֛ר לֹ֥א צָחַ֖קְתִּי כִּ֣י יָרֵ֑אָה וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר לֹ֖א כִּ֥י צָחָֽקְתְּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כִּחֵ֖שׁ
kchsh
verb · 20×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
צַחֵֽק
tschq
verb · 13×
שָׂרָ֖ה
shrh
proper_noun · 38×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§706Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit.68 In Abraham's progeny all the nations of the earth will be blessed. This progeny will be Christ himself,69 in whom the outpouring of the Holy Spirit will "gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad."70 God commits himself by his own solemn o…
§2571Because Abraham believed in God and walked in his presence and in covenant with him,10 The patriarch is ready to welcome a mysterious Guest into his tent. Abraham's remarkable hospitality at Mamre foreshadows the annunciation of the true Son of the promise.11 After that, once God had confided his plan, Abraham's heart is attuned to his Lord's compassion for men and he dares to …
1. By faith (he says) Noah being warned of God. As the Son of God, speaking of His own coming, said, In the days of Noah they married and were given in marriage Luke 17:26-27, therefore the Apostle also recalled to their mind an appropriate image. For the example of Enoch, was an example only of Faith; that of Noah, on the other hand, of unbelief also. And this is a complete co…
Cross-references
- 1John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1Pet 3:6 — Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
- Eph 4:23 — And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
- John 18:25 — And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
- Prov 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- Ps 44:21 — Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.