Name of the woman who laughed when God said she would have a baby and why?<><?

Answer 1

Wasn't her name originally Sarai and only later was she named Sarah? She laughed because she and her husband were old and believed herself to be barren.

Answer 2

Sarah, for she was 90 years old.
Abraham also laughed, but Sarah's laughing at getting pregnant at old age was approached by God.
She denied laughing about it.

American Standard Version:
Gen 17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Gen 18:12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Gen 18:13 And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?
Gen 18:14 Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.
Gen 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

Answer 3

Sarah 90 years

Answer 4

Abraham's wife Sarah. Because she was 90 years old when God told Abraham that she would have a son.

Answer 5

It was Elizabeth and she laughed because she was old and beyond child bearing age. She ended up giving birth to John the Baptist who was a cousin to Jesus.

Answer 6

I believe it was Sarah, in Genesis 18. Basically, she couldn't believe that it was true. She laughed both at her age and the fact that she was believed to be barren.

Answer 7

Sarah, because she was old old old!!! Also, because she thought it would be the height of hilarity to start a rivalry between the Ishmaelites and the Israelites that would last for thousands of years to come.

Answer 8

Sarah - cos she was barren and was naturally beyond the age of conceiving a child.

Answer 9

It was Sarah. She laughed when the angel of the Lord told Abraham that she would have a son because she thought she was too old. Also note that Sarah was eavesdropping when she heard the angel speak of this. She may have not realized that the three men were angels of the Lord at first but surely she realized it when she discoved that the angel could read her innermost thoughts (look at verse 12, it says she laughed within herself, not aloud). She then tried to lie and say she did not laugh, because she was afraid since she realized she had doubted the Lord. But the angel saw right through her.

Here is the story in Genesis 18:

Gen 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him (Abraham) in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Gen 18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Gen 18:3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Gen 18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
Gen 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
Gen 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Gen 18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
Gen 18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Gen 18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
Gen 18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Gen 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Gen 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Gen 18:13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Gen 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Gen 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

Answer 10

That was Abraham's wife, Sarah, and she laughed because she was already past child bearing age. That is why her son's name is Isaac. It means laughter.