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Genesis 18:11
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9 Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” So he said, “Here, ain the tent.”  
10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you aaccording to the time of life, and behold, bSarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)  
11 Now aAbraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and1 Sarah bhad passed the age of childbearing.  
12 Therefore Sarah alaughed within herself, saying, b“After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my clord being old also?”  
13 And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’
14 aIs anything too hard for the Lord? bAt the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”  
15 But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh!”

Abraham Intercedes for Sodom

16 Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them ato send them on the way.  
17 And the Lord said, a“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 18:11

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American Standard Version
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, `and' well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Amplified® Bible
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].

Contemporary English Version
Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was well past the age for having children.

Darby English Version
Now Abraham and Sarah were old [and] advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Good News Bible
Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah had stopped having her monthly periods.

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.

New American Standard Bible
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was past childbearing.

New International Version
Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

New King James Version
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now Abraham and Sarah had grown old, advanced in age; Sarah had gone past childbearing.

Revised Standard Version
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Young's Literal Translation
And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;


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