Genesis 18:12 meaning and explanation

So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

Genesis 18:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Sarah is inside the tent, listening as the LORD tells Abraham she will bear a son within the year. She is old, and the text has just noted that she had passed the age of childbearing, so her laugh is private and bitter rather than mocking.

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