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# Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really bear a child, when I am old'?

God used this rhetorical question to show that he knew what Sarah was thinking and that he was not pleased with it. He repeats Sarah's rhetorical question ([Genesis 18:12](./11.md)) using different words. AT: "Sarah was wrong to laugh and say, 'I will not bear a child because I am too old!'"(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# Is anything too hard for Yahweh?

"Is there anything that Yahweh cannot do?" Yahweh speaks of himself as if he were speaking of someone else to remind Abraham that he, Yahweh, is great and can do anything. AT: "There is nothing that I, Yahweh, cannot do!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# At the time appointed by me, in the spring

"At the time I have appointed, which is in the spring"

# Then Sarah denied it and said

"The Sarah denied it by saying"

# He replied

"Yahweh replied"

# No, you did laugh

"Yes, you did laugh." This means "No, that is not true; you did in fact laugh."

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sarah]]
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`God used this rhetorical question to show that he knew what Sarah was thinking and that he was not pleased with it. He repeats Sarah's rhetorical question ([Genesis 18:12](./11.md)) using different words. AT: "Sarah was wrong to laugh and say, 'I will not bear a child because I am too old!'"(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Is anything too hard for Yahweh?`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"Is there anything that Yahweh cannot do?" Yahweh speaks of himself as if he were speaking of someone else to remind Abraham that he, Yahweh, is great and can do anything. AT: "There is nothing that I, Yahweh, cannot do!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# At the time appointed by me, in the spring`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"At the time I have appointed, which is in the spring"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Then Sarah denied it and said`
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			`"The Sarah denied it by saying"`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# He replied`
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			`"Yahweh replied"`

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added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"Yes, you did laugh." This means "No, that is not true; you did in fact laugh."`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sarah]]`