Genesis 18:12

18:12 So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, ¹  “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, ²  especially when my husband is old too?” ³ 

Genesis 24:1

The Wife for Isaac

24:1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, ⁴  and the Lord had blessed him ⁵  in everything.

Genesis 25:8

25:8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. ⁶  He joined his ancestors. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “saying.”

² tn It has been suggested that this word should be translated “conception,” not “pleasure.” See A. A. McIntosh, “A Third Root ‘adah in Biblical Hebrew,” VT 24 (1974): 454-73.

³ tn The word “too” has been added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “days.”

⁵ tn Heb “Abraham.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “old and full.”

⁸ tn Heb “And he was gathered to his people.” In the ancient Israelite view he joined his deceased ancestors in Sheol, the land of the dead.