---
title: "Genesis 18:12-16 KJV - \"Therefore Sarah laughed within herself...\" | Real Bible Believers"
description: "\"Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And the LORD s\" — Read Genesis 18:12-16 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg"
url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18/12-16"
---

[ Read](/kjv/genesis/18)[ Commentary](/study/genesis/18)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/genesis/18) Audio

## Genesis 18:12-16 in Context (Verses 9–19 KJV)
 
 [9 ](/kjv/genesis/18/9) ¶ And they said unto him, Where *is* Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
 
 [10 ](/kjv/genesis/18/10) And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard *it* in the tent door, which *was* behind him.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/genesis/18/11) Now Abraham and Sarah *were* old *and* well stricken in age; *and* it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/genesis/18/12) Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
 
 [13 ](/kjv/genesis/18/13) And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
 
 [14 ](/kjv/genesis/18/14) Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/genesis/18/15) Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/genesis/18/16) ¶ And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/genesis/18/17) And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
 
 [18 ](/kjv/genesis/18/18) Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
 
 [19 ](/kjv/genesis/18/19) For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
 
[Genesis 17](/kjv/genesis/17) [Genesis 19](/kjv/genesis/19)

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18/12-16#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18/12-16#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18/12-16","name":"Genesis 18:12-16 KJV - \"Therefore Sarah laughed within herself...\" | Real Bible Believers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18/12-16#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"\"Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And the LORD s\" — Read Genesis 18:12-16 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18/12-16#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18/12-16"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18/12-16#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv","name":"KJV Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis","name":"Genesis"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18","name":"18"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18/12-16","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/genesis/18/12-16","name":"Verse 12-16"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]}
```