Then Avraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, *Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?*
Luke 1:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But they had no child, because Elisheva was barren, and they both were well advanced in years. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 Avraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, *Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?*
Now Avraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. It had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Yitzchak entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD was entreated by him, and Rivka his wife conceived.
When Rachel saw that she bore Ya`akov no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Ya`akov, *Give me children, or else I will die.*
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat.
He said, What then is to be done for her? Gechazi answered, Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Yehudah, a certain Kohen named Zekharyah, of the priestly division of Aviyah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aharon, and her name was Elisheva.
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the mitzvot and ordinances of the Lord.
Now it happened, while he executed the Kohen's office before God in the order of his division,
Without being weakened in faith, he didn't consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
and he had two wives; the name of the one was Channah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Channah had no children.