Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
KJV
Dixitque Sara : Risum fecit mihi Deus : quicumque audierit, corridebit mihi.
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ Σάρρα Γέλωτά μοι ἐποίησεν Κύριος· ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν ἀκούσῃ συγχαρεῖταί μοι.
LXX
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me.
ASV
וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר שָׂרָ֔ה צְחֹ֕ק עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖/י אֱלֹהִ֑ים כָּל הַ/שֹּׁמֵ֖עַ יִֽצְחַק לִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
צְחֹ֛ק
tschq
noun · 2×
צַחֵֽק
tschq
verb · 13×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שָׂרָ֖ה
shrh
proper_noun · 38×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 31.—Of Isaac, Who Was Born According to the Promise, Whose Name Was Given on Account of the Laughter of Both Parents. After these things a son was born to Abraham, according to God’s promise, of Sarah, and was called Isaac, which means laughter. For his father had laughed when he was promised to him, in wondering delight, and his mother, when he was again promised by th…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 1:26 — And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
- Eccl 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Gal 4:27 — For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
- Gen 17:17 — Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
- Gen 17:17 — Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
- Gen 17:19 — And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
- Gen 18:12 — Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
- Gen 18:12 — Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
- Gen 21:3 — And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
- Heb 11:11 — Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- Isa 49:15 — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
- Isa 49:21 — Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left a
- Isa 54:1 — Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wi
- Job 8:21 — Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
- John 16:21 — A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
- Luke 1:14 — And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
- Luke 1:14 — And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
- Luke 1:46 — And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
- Luke 1:58 — And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
- Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
- Prov 13:12 — Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
- Ps 113:9 — He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
- Ps 126:2 — Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
- Rom 12:15 — Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.