Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
Genesis 18:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; it had ceased to be with Sarah as with [young] women. [She was past the age of childbearing]. American Standard Version (1901) Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Common English Bible Now Abraham and Sarah were both very old. Sarah was no longer menstruating. Catholic Public Domain Version Now they were both old, and in an advanced state of life, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women. |
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
And she said, “Who would ever have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
Now Abraham was old, advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old, and he has given him all that he has.
And she said to her father, “Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me.” So he searched but did not find the household gods.
“When a woman has a discharge of blood that is a menstrual discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I know that this will happen? For I am an old man, and my wife is getting on in years.”
And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren.
But they had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years.
He considered the fact that God is able even to raise someone from the dead—and, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.
Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and very much of the land still remains to be possessed.