Genesis Chapter 18 verse 15 Holy Bible
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
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Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.
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And Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but thou didst laugh.
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Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
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Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
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Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid." He said, "No, but you did laugh."
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And Sarah denieth, saying, `I did not laugh;' for she hath been afraid; and He saith, `Nay, but thou didst laugh.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - Then Sarah (who had overheard the conversation, and the charge preferred against her, and who probably now appeared before the stranger) denied, saying, I laughed not. Sarah s conduct will admit of no other explanation than that which the sacred narrative itself gives. For she was afraid. The knowledge that her secret thoughts had been deciphered must have kindled in her breast the suspicion that her visitor was none other than Jehovah. With this a sense of guilt would immediately assail her conscience for having cherished even a moment any doubt of the Divine word. In the consequent confusion of soul she tries what ever seems to be the first impulse of detected transgressions, viz., deception (cf. Genesis 3:12, 13). And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. With a directness similar to that which he employed in dealing with the first culprits in the garden, not contending in a multiplicity of words, but solemnly announcing that what she said was false. The silence of Sarah was an evidence of her conviction; her subsequent conception was a proof of her repentance and forgiveness. CHAPTER 18:16-22
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) Sarah denied.--With strange inconsistency Sarah knows that the speaker is Divine, and that He perceived the thoughts that passed "within herself" in the retirement of the tent, and yet denies; but it was the inconsistency of fright. Struck with terror at the thought that she had ridiculed the promise of Jehovah, she offers no excuse, but takes refuge, as frightened people are apt to do, in falsehood. Gently reproved, the result was the building-up of her faith, just as Mary's doubt was removed and her faith perfected by the angel's words (Luke 1:34-37).
