Verse List for GEN 18:13

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=important Speaker(s)=Narrator,Yahweh (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Then Yahweh spoke to Abraham, “Why is it that Sarah laughed, saying, ‘Will I really have a child when I’m old?’

OET-LV And_ YHWH _he/it _said to ʼAⱱrāhām to/for_what this did _she _laugh Sārāh to_say also really will _I _bear _a _child and_I I _am _old.

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 & MSB 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?”

WEBBE & WMBB 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!'

Drby 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?

SLT And Jehovah will say to Abraham, For what did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall truly even I bring forth, and I have become old?

Wbstr And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I certainly bear a child, who am old?

KJB-1769 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

KJB-1611 And the LORD said vnto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying; Shall I of a surety beare a childe, which am old?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps 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: wherefore did Sara laugh, saying, shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?)

Gnva 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 old?)

Cvdl 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 doeth/does Sara laugh, and say: Is this true indeed, that I shall bear, and yet am old?)

Wycl Forsothe the Lord seide to Abraham, Whi leiyeth Sare, thi wijf, seiynge, whether Y an eld womman schal bere child verili?
(For_certain/Truly the Lord said to Abraham, Why leiyeth Sara, thy/your wife, saying, whether I an old woman shall bear child verily/truly?)

Luth 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/of_the LORD to/for Abraham: Why laughs the Sara and speaks/says: My you(sg), that true be, that I still give_birth become, so I though/but old bin?)

ClVg Dixit autem Dominus ad Abraham: Quare risit Sara, dicens: Num vere paritura sum anus?
(He/She_said however Master to Abraham: Why risit Sara, saying: Num really/truly gives_birthura I_am anus?)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם לָ֣⁠מָּה זֶּה֩ צָחֲקָ֨ה שָׂרָ֜ה לֵ⁠אמֹ֗ר הַ⁠אַ֥ף אֻמְנָ֛ם אֵלֵ֖ד וַ⁠אֲנִ֥י זָקַֽנְתִּי׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Ἁβραὰμ, τί ὅτι ἐγέλασε Σάῤῥα ἐν ἑαυτῇ, λέγουσα, ἆρά γε ἀληθῶς τέξομαι; ἐγὼ δὲ γεγήρακα.

BrTr 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.