Genesis 18 · Verse 11

Genesis 18:11

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

Genesis 18:11 in other translations

BSBAnd Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
WEBNow Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
ASVNow Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
YLTAnd Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;
DARBYNow Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
BBENow Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.
WebsterNow Abraham and Sarah were old and far advanced in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

What does Genesis 18:11 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 It ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women - And consequently, naturally speaking, conception could not take place; therefore if she have a son it must be in a supernatural or miraculous way.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 18:9-15

Where is Sarah thy wife? was asked. Note the answer, In the tent. Just at hand, in her proper place, occupied in her household concerns. There is nothing got by gadding. Those are most likely to receive comfort from God and his promises, who are in their proper place, and in the way of their duty, Lu 2:8. We are slow of heart to believe, and need line upon line to the same purport. The blessings others have from…

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Genesis 18:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַבְרָהָ֤םve.'av.ra.Hamand AbrahamH85
וְשָׂרָה֙ve.sa.Rahand SarahH8283
זְקֵנִ֔יםze.ke.Nim[were] oldH2205
בָּאִ֖יםba.'Im[having] comeH935
בַּיָּמִ֑יםbai.ya.Mimin <the> daysH3117
חָדַל֙cha.Dalit had ceasedH2308
לִהְי֣וֹתlih.Yotto beH1961
לְשָׂרָ֔הle.sa.Rahto SarahH8283
אֹ֖רַח'O.racha wayH734
כַּנָּשִֽׁים\׃ka.na.Shimlike <the> womenH802

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 18:11

  • 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?

  • Hebrews 11:11-12

    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. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

  • Luke 1:36

    And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

  • Romans 4:18-21

    Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 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: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

  • Leviticus 15:19

    And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

  • Hebrews 11:19

    Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

  • Luke 1:7

    And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

  • Genesis 17:24

    And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

  • Luke 1:18

    And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

  • Genesis 31:35

    And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

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17:17,24; Lu 1:7,18,36; Ro 4:18-21; Heb 11:11,12,19
the.
31:35; Le 15:19

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Context

  • 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 18:11

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

  • Genesis 18:12

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

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Genesis 18:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Abraham y Sara eran viejos, entrados en días: á Sara había cesado ya la costumbre de las mujeres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Or Abraham et Sara étaient vieux, avancés en âge; Sara avait cessé d’avoir ce qu’ont les femmes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Abraham und Sara waren alt, wohlbetagt; es hatte aufgehört, Sara zu ergehen nach der Weiber Weise.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Erant autem ambo senes, provectæque ætatis, et desierant Saræ fieri muliebria.