Abraham bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.”
Genesis 18:11 - Easy To Read Version Abraham and Sarah were very old. Sarah was past the right age for women to have children. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Abraham bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.”
No one thought that I, Sarah, would be able to have Abraham’s child. But I have given Abraham a son even though he is old.”
Abraham lived to be a very old man. The Lord blessed Abraham and everything that he did.
Sarah was my master’s wife. When she was very old, she gave birth to a son. And my master has given everything he owns to that son.
And Rachel said to her father, “Father, don’t be angry with me. I am not able to stand up before you. I am having my monthly time of bleeding.” So Laban looked through the camp, but he did not find the gods from his house.
“If a woman has a discharge [249] from her monthly time of bleeding, she will be unclean [250] for seven days. If any person touches her, that person will be unclean until evening.
Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I know that what you say is true? I am an old man, and my wife is also old.”
Also, your relative Elizabeth is pregnant. She is very old, but she is going to have a son. Everyone thought she could not have a baby, but she has been pregnant now for six months!
But Zechariah and Elizabeth had no children. Elizabeth could not have a baby; and both of them were very old.
Abraham believed that God could raise people from death. And really, \{when God stopped Abraham from killing Isaac,\} it was like Abraham got Isaac back from death.
When Joshua was very old, the Lord said to him, “Joshua you have grown old, but there is still much land for you to take control of.