Genesis 21:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet 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?’

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
She added,
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Who
מִ֤י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

would have told
מִלֵּל֙ (mil·lêl)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4448: To speak, utter, say

Abraham
לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם (lə·’aḇ·rā·hām)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

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

would nurse
הֵינִ֥יקָה (hê·nî·qāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3243: To suck, to give milk

children?
בָנִ֖ים (ḇā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

Yet
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I have borne him
יָלַ֥דְתִּי (yā·laḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

a son
בֵ֖ן (ḇên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

in his old age.”
לִזְקֻנָֽיו׃ (liz·qu·nāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2208: Old age

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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