Genesis 18:13 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 18:13 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אַבְרָהָ֑ם
ʼAbrâhâm
H85
Abraham
לָ֣מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
זֶּה֩
zeh
H2088
this
צָחֲקָ֨ה
tsâchaq
H6711
to laugh
שָׂרָ֜ה
Sârâh
H8283
Sarah
לֵאמֹ֗ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הַאַ֥ף
ʼaph
H637
also
אֻמְנָ֛ם
ʼumnâm
H552
verily
אֵלֵ֖ד
yâlad
H3205
to bear
וַאֲנִ֥י
ʼănîy
H589
I
זָקַֽנְתִּי
zâqên
H2204
to be old
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'
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King James Version Public Domain
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why that Sarah laughed, saying, ‘Will I really bear when I am old?’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).