12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
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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.
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?
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. …
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? …
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-15)These heavenly guests (being sent to confirm the promise lately made to Abraham, that he should have a son by Sarah), while they are receiving Abraham’s kind entertainment, they return his kindness. He receives angels, and has angels’ rewards, a gracious message from heaven, Matt. 10:41. I. Care is taken that Sarah should be within hearing. She must conceive by faith, and therefore the promise mus…
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