Genesis 18:11
Strong's Lexicon
And Abraham
וְאַבְרָהָ֤ם (wə·’aḇ·rā·hām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham = 'father of a multitude' or 'chief of multitude' 1) friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

and Sarah
וְשָׂרָה֙ (wə·śā·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8283: Sarah = 'noblewoman' 1) wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

were already old
זְקֵנִ֔ים (zə·qê·nîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2205: 1) old 1a) old (of humans) 1b) elder (of those having authority)

and well along
בָּאִ֖ים (bā·’îm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

in years.
בַּיָּמִ֑ים (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

Sarah
לְשָׂרָ֔ה (lə·śā·rāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8283: Sarah = 'noblewoman' 1) wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

had passed
חָדַל֙ (ḥā·ḏal)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2308: 1) to stop, cease, desist, forego, cease to be, leave undone, forbear 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cease, come to an end 1a2) to cease, leave off

לִהְי֣וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

the age of childbearing
אֹ֖רַח (’ō·raḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 734: 1) way, path 1a) path, road 1b) the path, way, passing of life (fig.) 1c) way of living (fig.) 1d) traveller, wayfarer (meton)

כַּנָּשִֽׁים׃ (kan·nā·šîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 802: 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing .

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

King James Bible
Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age; [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

New Living Translation
Abraham and Sarah were both very old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age of having children.

English Standard Version
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

International Standard Version
Abraham and Sarah were old—really old —and Sarah was beyond the age of childbearing.

NET Bible
Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)

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.

English Revised Version
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken 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;
















Cross References
Romans 4:19
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:

Hebrews 11:11
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Genesis 21:7
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

Genesis 24:1
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 18:10
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.

Genesis 18:9
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

Genesis 18:8
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

Genesis 18:12
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Genesis 18:13
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
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