How can Pharaoh and Abhimelech be attracted to Sarah?
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No, the Hebrew does not mean months. At 65 months she would have been a bit more than five years old, thus raising more questions about how men could be attracted to her than at 65 years.
The Bible study aid you are quoting sums up pretty well the standard Christian approach to this passage. What happened to Sarah and Abraham was not normal, and the book freely admits the unlikelihood of Sarah having a child at age ninety. It's unclear whether this extended lifespan was considered normal in that age, or if God was working a specific miracle in extending their lifespans. In either case, for Sarah to appear attractive when she was only halfway through her life would be entirely consistent.
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The effect of the 'fall' had not completely kicked in.. The women of old held onto their youth and beauty a lot longer and the first few generations even after the flood still had longevity.. It is very possible that in the first millennium that 60 was the 'new 30'
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