Genesis 18:11
Good News Translation
Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah had stopped having her monthly periods.

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

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

New American Bible
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years, and Sarah had stopped having her menstrual periods.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

old.

Genesis 17:17,24 Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth? . . .

Luke 1:7,18,36 And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren: and they both were well advanced in years. . . .

Romans 4:18-21 Who against hope believed in hope; that he might be made the father of many nations, according to that which was said to him: So shall thy seed be. . . .

Hebrews 11:11,12,19 By faith also Sara herself, being barren, received strength to conceive seed, even past the time of age: because she believed that he was faithful who had promised, . . .

the.

Genesis 31:35 She said: Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee, because it has now happened to me according to the custom of women. So his careful search was in vain.

Leviticus 15:19 The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated seven days.

Context
Sarah Laughs at the Promise
10And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying, and Sara, thy wife, shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent. 11Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.12And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?…
Cross References
Romans 4:19
And he was not weak in faith. Neither did he consider his own body, now dead (whereas he was almost an hundred years old), nor the dead womb of Sara.

Hebrews 11:11
By faith also Sara herself, being barren, received strength to conceive seed, even past the time of age: because she believed that he was faithful who had promised,

Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

Genesis 21:7
And again she said: Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore to him in his old age?

Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, and advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed him in all things.

Genesis 18:10
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