Genesis 18:11

⁹ “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.

¹⁰ Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

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

¹³ And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
KJV: Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
WEB: Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
ASV: Now Abraham and Sarah were old, [and] well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
DARBY: Now Abraham and Sarah were old [and] advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
BLB: And Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; it had ceased to be for Sarah the way of women.

ÅB: Men Abraham og Sara var gamle og langt ute i årene; Sara hadde det ikke lenger på kvinners vis.
OTB: Nå var Abraham og Sara gamle, langt opp i årene; Sara var forbi den alderen hvor hun kunne få barn.
B1930: Men Abraham og Sara var gamle og langt ute i årene; Sara hadde det ikke lenger på kvinners vis.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
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Hebrews 11:11–12
By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
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Luke 1:36
Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
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Romans 4:18–21
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
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Leviticus 15:19
When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
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Hebrews 11:19
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
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Luke 1:7
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
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Genesis 17:24
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
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