11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.


In Context

8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

9 They asked him, |Where is Sarah, your wife?| He said, |See, in the tent.|

10 He said, |I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.| Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, |After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?|

13 Yahweh said to Abraham, |Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'

Genesis 18:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:11Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age; [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:11Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:11Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and far advanced in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:11And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.