Genesis 21:6 Cross References - BBE

⁶ And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.

¹⁷ Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

¹² And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old? ¹³ And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child? ¹⁴ Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child. ¹⁵ Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.

²⁶ And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

⁹ He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

² Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.

¹⁵ Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.

²¹ Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?

¹ Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord.

¹⁴ And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

⁴⁶ And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God; ⁴⁷ My spirit is glad in God my Saviour. ⁴⁸ For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me. ⁴⁹ For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name. ⁵⁰ His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him. ⁵¹ With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts. ⁵² He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree. ⁵³ Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands; ⁵⁴ His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever, ⁵⁵ As he gave his word to our fathers.

⁵⁸ And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

²¹ When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world. ²² So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.

¹⁵ Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

²⁷ For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband. ²⁸ Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

¹¹ And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;