GEN 18:13 Parallel View

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ULT Then Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why is it that Sarah laughed, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’

UST But Yahweh asked Abraham, “Sarah should not have laughed and said to herself that she is too old to have a child!

BSB § And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

OEB But the Lord said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Will I, indeed, even when I am old give birth to a child?”

WEB Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’

WMB The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’

NET The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’

LSV And YHWH says to Abraham, “Why [is] this? Sarah has laughed, saying, Is it really true—I bear—and I am aged?

FBV The Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and ask, ‘How could it possibly be true that I'll have a child now I'm so old?’

T4T Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why was she thinking, ‘I am too old, so how can I bear a child?’

LEB Then Yahweh said to Abraham, “What is this that Sarah laughed, saying, ‘Is it indeed true that I will bear a child, now that I have grown old?’

BBE And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

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JPS And the LORD said unto Abraham: 'Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying: Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

ASV And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

DRA And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I who am an old woman bear a child indeed?

YLT and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, 'After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! — my lord also [is] old!'

DBY And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why is this, that Sarah laughs, saying, Shall I indeed bear, when I am become old?

RV And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

WBS And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

KJB And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

BB And God said vnto Abraham: wherfore dyd Sara laugh, saying, shall I of a suertie beare a chylde, which am olde?
(And God said unto Abraham: wherfore did Sara laugh, saying, shall I of a suertie bear a child, which am olde?)

GNV And ye Lord saide vnto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah thus laugh, saying, Shall I certainely beare a childe, which am olde?
(And ye/you_all Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah thus laugh, saying, Shall I certainly bear a child, which am olde?)

CB Then sayde ye LORDE vnto Abraham: Wherfore doth Sara laugh, and saye: Is this true in dede, that I shal beare, and yet am olde?
(Then said ye/you_all LORD unto Abraham: Wherefore doth Sara laugh, and say: Is this true in dede, that I shall beare, and yet am olde?)

WYC Forsothe the Lord seide to Abraham, Whi leiyeth Sare, thi wijf, seiynge, whether Y an eld womman schal bere child verili?
(Forsothe the Lord said to Abraham, Whi leiyeth Sare, thy/your wife, seiynge, whether I an old woman shall bear child verili?)

LUT Da sprach der HErr zu Abraham: Warum lachet des Sara und spricht: Meinest du, daß wahr sei, daß ich noch gebären werde, so ich doch alt bin?
(So spoke the LORD to Abraham: Warum lachet the Sara and spricht: Mine you, that wahr sei, that I still gebären become, so I though/but alt bin?)

CLV Dixit autem Dominus ad Abraham: Quare risit Sara, dicens: Num vere paritura sum anus?
(Dixit however Master to Abraham: Quare risit Sara, dicens: Num vere paritura I_am anus?)

BRN And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Ἁβραὰμ, τί ὅτι ἐγέλασε Σάῤῥα ἐν ἑαυτῇ, λέγουσα, ἆρά γε ἀληθῶς τέξομαι; ἐγὼ δὲ γεγήρακα.
(Kai eipe Kurios pros Habraʼam, ti hoti egelase Saῤɽa en heautaʸ, legousa, ara ge alaʸthōs texomai? egō de gegaʸraka.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל אַבְרָהָ֑ם

and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards ʼAⱱərāhām

The way you translate this quote margin will depend on whether you translate the rest of this verse as a rhetorical question or a statement. Alternate translation: “Then Yahweh asked Abraham,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

לָ֣⁠מָּה זֶּה֩ צָחֲקָ֨ה שָׂרָ֜ה לֵ⁠אמֹ֗ר

to/for=what this laugh Sārāh to=say

Yahweh uses rhetorical question in verses 13-14 to confront Sarah’s disbelief and to emphasize that nothing is too difficult for God to do. Consider whether or not it is best to use rhetorical questions here in your language. Alternate translation: “Why did Sarah laugh to herself and say” or “Sarah should not have laughed and thought to herself,” or “Sarah should not have laughed, thinking,”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

הַ⁠אַ֥ף אֻמְנָ֛ם אֵלֵ֖ד וַ⁠אֲנִ֥י זָקַֽנְתִּי

?,indeed indeed bear_a_child and,I old

Consider whether it is more natural in your language to make this embedded quote a direct or indirect quote. Make sure that your translation of I refers here to Sarah, not Yahweh. Alternate translation: “I am too old to bear a child!”

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