“Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.””
Genesis 21:6
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Abraham and Sarah both laughed
Abraham laughed at this promise, and a chapter later Sarah laughed at it too, behind a tent flap (Genesis 18:12). When the LORD asked, she said she had not laughed, and He answered, "but you did laugh" (Genesis 18:15). When Isaac was born she laughed again, because God had done what He said.
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In Hebrew, "God has made me laugh" uses tsechoq (H6712), laughter, and the verb in "will laugh with me" is spelled exactly like Isaac's name, Yitschaq (H3327), he laughs. The phrase can also be read laugh at me, and Sarah, past ninety with a newborn, left both meanings open.
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Isaac was named for the laughter of a promise kept: Sarah laughed at the promise, then held the son who arrived on time. Years later that same boy hid his wife out of fear, and the truth came out through the verb in his own name.
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