Genesis 18:12-13

New English Translation

¹²So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking,^[a] “After I am worn out will I have pleasure,^[b] especially when my husband is old too?”^[c]

¹³The Lord said to Abraham, “Why^[d] did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really^[e] have a child when I am old?’

Genesis 18:12 tn Heb “saying.”
Genesis 18:12 tn It has been suggested that this word should be translated “conception,” not “pleasure.” See A. A. McIntosh, “A Third Root ‘adah in Biblical Hebrew,” VT 24 (1974): 454-73.
Genesis 18:12 tn The word “too” has been added in the translation for stylistic reasons.
Genesis 18:13 tn Heb “Why, this?” The demonstrative pronoun following the interrogative pronoun is enclitic, emphasizing the Lord’s amazement: “Why on earth did Sarah laugh?”
Genesis 18:13 tn The Hebrew construction uses both הַאַף (haʾaf) and אֻמְנָם (ʾumnam): “Indeed, truly, will I have a child?”

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