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Genesis 21:7

And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

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וַתֹּ֗אמֶרvatomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…מִ֤יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.מִלֵּל֙milelsayמָלַלverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH4448to speak (mostly poetical) or saysay, speak, utter.לְאַבְרָהָ֔םleavrahamto Abrahamאַבְרָהָםpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Abraham”H85Abraham, the later name of AbramAbraham.הֵינִ֥יקָהheyniqahsuckיָנַקverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “suck”, a completed actionH3243to suck; causatively, to give milkmilch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).בָנִ֖יםvanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […שָׂרָ֑הsarahSarahשָׂרָהnoun, proper name — “Sarah”H8283Sarah, Abraham's wifeSarah.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יָלַ֥דְתִּיyaladtibearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…בֵ֖ןvensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […לִזְקֻנָֽיוlizqunayvto old ageזָקֻןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to old age”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2208old ageold age.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And she said: 'Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.

Young’s Literal Translation

She saith also, 'Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?'

World English Bible

She said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Darby Translation

And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, Sarah will suckle children? For I have borne [him] a son in his old age.

Douay-Rheims

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.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And she said: 'Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And she said, Who shall say to Abraam that Sarrha suckles a child? for I have born a child in my old age.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπε τίς ἀναγγελεῖ τῷ Ἁβραὰμ ὅτι θηλάζει παιδίον Σάῤῥα; ὅτι ἔτεκον υἱὸν ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ μου.