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.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Rursumque ait : Quis auditurus crederet Abraham quod Sara lactaret filium, quem peperit ei jam seni ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν Τίς ἀναγγελεῖ τῷ Ἀβραάμ ὅτι θηλάζει παιδίον Σάρρα; ὅτι ἔτεκον υἱὸν ἐν τῷ γήρει μου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַתֹּ֗אמֶר מִ֤י מִלֵּל֙ לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם הֵינִ֥יקָה בָנִ֖ים שָׂרָ֑ה כִּֽי יָלַ֥דְתִּי בֵ֖ן לִזְקֻנָֽיו
Haydock's commentary
Gave suck; a certain proof that the child was born of her. (Menochius)
His old age, when both the parents were far advanced in years, ver. 2. The mother being ninety at this time, would render the event most surprising. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.