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2. God gave this reproof to Sarah by Abraham her husband. To him he said, Why did Sarah laugh? perhaps because he had not told her of the promise which had been given him some time before to this purport, and which, if he had communicated it to her with its ratifications, would have prevented her from being so surprised now. Or Abraham was told of it that he might tell her of it. Mutual reproof, when there is occasion for it, is one of the duties of the conjugal relation.
3. The reproof itself is plain, and backed with a good reason: Wherefore did Sarah laugh? Note, It is good to enquire into the reason of our laughter, that it may not be the laughter of the fool, Ec 7:6. "Wherefore did I laugh?" Again, Our unbelief and distrust are a great offence to the God of heaven. He justly takes it ill to have the objections of sense set up in contradiction to his promise, as Lu 1:18.
4. Here is a question asked which is enough to answer all the cavils of flesh and blood: Is anything too hard for the Lord? (Heb. too wonderful), that is,
(1.) Is anything so secret as to escape his cognizance? No, not Sarah's laughing, though it was only within herself. Or,
(2.) Is anything so difficult as to exceed his power? No, not the giving of a child to Sarah in her old age.
14 Is anything 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.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And
he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
Sarah foolishly endeavours to conceal her fault (Ge 18:15): She denied, saying, I did not laugh, thinking nobody could contradict her: she told this lie, because she was afraid; but it was in vain to attempt concealing it from an all-seeing eye; she was told, to her shame, Thou didst laugh. Now,