Holy Scripture
Genesis 18:11
A church father on this verse
“They were both old and advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. To highlight the growth of heavenly power, he says that both were old, and moreover that Sarah, having been barren, was now also deprived of her menstrual blood, because of which she could no longer conceive, even i…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11And Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarah.
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9And he said to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he answered and said, Behold! in the tent.
10And he said, I will return and come to thee according to this period seasonably, and Sarah thy wife shall have a son; and Sarah heard at the door of the tent, being behind him.
— Genesis 18:11 —
12And Sarah laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.
13And the Lord said to Abraham, Why is it that Sarah has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.