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Genesi 18:11

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11 Or Abrahamo e Sara eran vecchi, bene avanti negli anni, e Sara non aveva più i corsi ordinari delle donne.

Genesi 18:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 18:11

Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old, [and] well stricken in
age
The one being ninety nine years of age, and the other eighty nine; and which is observed to make it the more surprising that they should have a son at such an age; and what follows still makes it more so: [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women;
her monthly visitors had left her, so that she was unfit for conception, and there could be no hope of it in a natural way; though the philosopher F23 intimates, that there are some, that it is possible, may conceive without them.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 7. c. 2.
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Genesi 18:11 In-Context

9 Poi essi gli dissero: "Dov’è Sara tua moglie?" Ed egli rispose: "E’ là nella tenda".
10 E l’altro: "Tornerò certamente da te fra un anno; ed ecco, Sara tua moglie avrà un figliuolo". E Sara ascoltava all’ingresso della tenda, ch’era dietro a lui.
11 Or Abrahamo e Sara eran vecchi, bene avanti negli anni, e Sara non aveva più i corsi ordinari delle donne.
12 E Sara rise dentro di sé, dicendo: "Vecchia come sono, avrei io tali piaceri? e anche il mio signore è vecchio!"
13 E l’Eterno disse ad Abrahamo: "Perché mai ha riso Sara, dicendo: Partorirei io per davvero, vecchia come sono?
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