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Genesis 18:11

World English Bible

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

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Genesis 18:11 in other translations

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

Genesis 18:11 · American Standard Version

Genesis 18:11 in context

  1. 9They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?”
    He said, “There, in the tent.”
  2. 10He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.”
    Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
  3. 11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
  4. 12Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
  5. 13Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’