Gen 21:6-7, 30:23-24, 1Sa 1:26-27, Psa 113:9, Luk 1:57-58, Gal 4:27 | ESV | STEP | And Sarah said , God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.

i[See ver. 1 above]

Genesis 21:6-7

6 And Sarah said, ^a“God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.” 7 And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? ^bYet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Genesis 30:23-24

23 She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away ^cmy reproach.” 24 And she called his name Joseph, ^{▼▼ Joseph means May he add, and sounds like the Hebrew for taken away} saying, ^e“May the Lord add to me another son!”

1 Samuel 1:26-27

26 And she said, “Oh, my lord! ^fAs you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord. 27 For this child I prayed, ^gand the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.

Psalms 113:9

9 He ^hgives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
ⁱPraise the Lord!

Luke 1:57-58

The Birth of John the Baptist

57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. 58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord ^jhad shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

Galatians 4:27

27 For it is written,

^k“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”