Genesis 18:12

WEB

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

KJV

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

Commentary

Commentary

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself,.... Not for joy of a son, and as pleased with it, believing so it would be; but as disbelieving it, and perhaps deriding it, and confuting it with a laugh, which, though it did not appear in her countenance, was secretly in her heart: saying, not with her mouth, but in her mind: after I am waxed old, being almost ninety years of age: shall I have pleasure? in conception, or rather in having a son, and in suckling and nursing him, and bringing him up; for in bearing and bringing forth is sorrow: and my Lord being old also; which increased the difficulty and her unbelief: the Apostle Peter seems to have respect to this in Pe1 3:6 .