Genesis 17:17
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Berean Study Bible
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?”

Young's Literal Translation
And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, ‘To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah—daughter of ninety years—bear?’

King James Bible
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Hebrew
Abraham
אַבְרָהָ֛ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

fell facedown.
וַיִּפֹּ֧ל (way·yip·pōl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

Then he laughed
וַיִּצְחָ֑ק (way·yiṣ·ḥāq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6711: To laugh outright, to sport

and said
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to himself,
בְּלִבּ֗וֹ (bə·lib·bōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

“Can a child be born
יִוָּלֵ֔ד (yiw·wā·lêḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

to a man who is
הַלְּבֶ֤ן (hal·lə·ḇen)
Article, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

a hundred
מֵאָֽה־ (mê·’āh-)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

years old?
שָׁנָה֙ (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

Can Sarah
שָׂרָ֔ה (śā·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham

give birth
תֵּלֵֽד׃ (tê·lêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

at the age of ninety?”
תִּשְׁעִ֥ים (tiš·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 8673: Ninety

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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