Genesis 21:6-7

21:6 Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. ¹  Everyone who hears about this ²  will laugh ³  with me.” 21:7 She went on to say, ⁴  “Who would ⁵  have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!”

[21:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Laughter God has made for me.”

[21:6]  ² tn The words “about this” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[21:6]  ³ sn Sarah’s words play on the name “Isaac” in a final triumphant manner. God prepared “laughter” (צְחֹק, ysÿkhoq ) for her, and everyone who hears about this “will laugh” (יִצְחַק, yitskhaq ) with her. The laughter now signals great joy and fulfillment, not unbelief (cf. Gen 18:12-15).

[21:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “said.”

[21:7]  ⁵ tn The perfect form of the verb is used here to describe a hypothetical situation.