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.
Who would have said unto Abraham - [Hebrew, mileel (H4448)] This is a poetical word; and this effusion of Sarah is quoted by Lowth ('Prelect.,' 4:) as being in rhythm. It is a fragment of a thanksgiving song, and the clause as we have it may be rendered:
`Who would have uttered in song - Who would have recited in joyous strains unto Abraham - That Sarah should have given children suck? -
For I have born him a son in his old age.' Cf. 2 Samuel 23:2; Psalms 19:4; Psalms 106:2; Psalms 139:4; Proverbs 23:9, where the same word is used in the original.