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Genesis 18:11

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, very advanced in age, and Sarah had passed the age when women could bear children.

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In The King James Version

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

In Context

10He said, “I will certainly return to you in the springtime, and see, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah was listening in the tent doorway, which was behind him.

12So Sarah laughed to herself, saying to herself, “After I am worn-out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

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Cross References

Genesis 17:17Then Abraham bowed low with his face to the ground, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? How can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a son?”

Genesis 24:1Now Abraham was very old and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

Genesis 31:35She said to her father, “Do not be angry, my master, that I cannot stand up before you, for I am having my period.” So he searched but did not find his household gods.

Joshua 13:1Now Joshua was very old when Yahweh said to him, “You are very old, but there is still very much land to capture.

Luke 1:18Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I know this? For I am an old man and my wife is very old.”

Romans 4:18In hope he believed against hope, that he would become the father of many nations, according to what he had been told, “So will your descendants be.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:10-16

9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent-door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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