Genesis 18:12

NETBible

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, 1  “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, 2  especially when my husband is old too?” 3 

NIV ©

So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"

NASB ©

Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

NLT ©

she laughed silently to herself. "How could a worn–out woman like me have a baby?" she thought. "And when my master––my husband––is also so old?"

MSG ©

Sarah laughed within herself, "An old woman like me? Get pregnant? With this old man of a husband?"

BBE ©

And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

NRSV ©

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?"

NKJV ©

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

KJV
Therefore Sarah
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laughed
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within herself
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saying
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After
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I am waxed old
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shall I have pleasure
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my lord
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being old also
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NASB ©
Sarah
<8283>
laughed
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to herself
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, saying
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, "After
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I have become
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old
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, shall I have
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pleasure
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, my lord
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being
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old
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also?"
LXXM
egelasen
<1070> 
V-AAI-3S
de
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PRT
sarra {N-PRI} en
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PREP
eauth
<1438> 
D-DSF
legousa
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V-PAPNS
oupw
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ADV
men
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PRT
moi
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P-DS
gegonen
<1096> 
V-RAI-3S
ewv
<2193> 
PREP
tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
nun
<3568> 
ADV
o
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T-NSM
de
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PRT
kuriov
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N-NSM
mou
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P-GS
presbuterov
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A-NSMC
NET [draft] ITL
So Sarah
<08283>
laughed
<06711>
to herself
<07130>
, thinking
<0559>
, “After
<0310>
I am worn out
<01086>
will I have
<01961>
pleasure
<05730>
, especially when my husband
<0113>
is old
<02204>
too?”
HEBREW
Nqz
<02204>
yndaw
<0113>
hnde
<05730>
yl
<0>
htyh
<01961>
ytlb
<01086>
yrxa
<0310>
rmal
<0559>
hbrqb
<07130>
hrv
<08283>
qxutw (18:12)
<06711>
NETBible

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, 1  “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, 2  especially when my husband is old too?” 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “saying.”

2 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.

3 tn The word “too” has been added in the translation for stylistic reasons.