Genesis 18:11
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And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
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Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.