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?”
Luke 1:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But they had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren; and both were far advanced in years. American Standard Version (1901) And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. Common English Bible They had no children because Elizabeth was unable to become pregnant and they both were very old. Catholic Public Domain Version And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both had become advanced in years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years. |
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?”
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife because she was barren, and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”
King David was old and advanced in years, and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.
He said, “What then may be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”
In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was descended from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.
Once when he was serving as priest before God during his section’s turn of duty,
He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), and the barrenness of Sarah’s womb.
By faith, with Sarah’s involvement, he received power of procreation, even though he was too old, because he considered him faithful who had promised.
He had two wives; the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.