Today's readings: Gen 21; Mt 20; Neh 10; Act 20
Laughter...
Gen 17:17 Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, “Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
Gen 18:12 So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”
Gen 21:6 Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
Note: Gen 17:19 a tn Heb "will call his name Isaac." The name means "he laughs," or perhaps "may he laugh" (see the note on the word "laughed" in v. 17).
