Genesis 21:7

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.

a. NLT: Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”

b. NIV: And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

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

d. Amplified Bible: And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children at the breast? For I have borne him a son in his old age!

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

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: And she said, “Who is the One Who said to Abraham, ‘Sarah would nurse children?’ For I have borne a son in his old age!”

1. “And she said…”

a. she said [559 * ‘amar] [Strong: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.]

2. “…Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck?”

a. who would have said [4448 * malal] [Strong: a primitive root; to speak (mostly poetical) or say:--say, speak, utter.]

b. Abraham [85 * ‘Abraham] [Strong: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram:--Abraham.]

c. that Sarah [8283 * Sarah] [Strong:  the same as 8282; Sarah, Abraham's wife:--Sarah.]

d. have given children [1121 * ben] [Strong: from 1129; a 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 1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]

e. suck [3243 * yanaq] [Strong: a primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk:--milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).]

3. “…for I have born him a son in his old age.”

a. I have born [3205 * yalad] [Strong: a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage:--bear, 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, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).]

b. a son [1121 * ben] [Strong: from 1129; a 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 1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]

c. in his old age [2208 * zaqun] [Strong: properly, passive participle of 2204 (used only in the plural as a noun); old age:-old age.]