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Only Women Menstruate: Biological Realism in Genesis Genesis 18: 9Then He said to him, “Where [is] Sarah your wife?” So he having answered, said, “Look! In the tent.” 10Then He said, “Returning, I will come to you according to this time to [the] hour {Heb., to the time of life} [fig., this time next year], and Sarah your wife will have a son.” (Now Sarah heard at the door of the tent, being behind him. [Rom 9:9] 11But Abraham and Sarah [were] old, having advanced in days, and the womanly [things] ceased to be with Sarah.) 12So Sarah laughed in herself, saying, “The thing has not as yet happened to me, [even] until now, and my lord [is] old.” [cp. 1Peter 3:6,7] [Note: Sarah had gone through menopause and was no longer experiencing menstrual cycles. The use of “the womanly [things]” (τὰ γυναικεῖα, from γυναικεῖος; gynaikeîos) as an idiom for menstruation demonstrates that Scripture grounds womanhood in objective, biological reality—only biological females menstruate. Most modern versions obscure this foundational point by substituting a dynamic paraphrase such as “passed the age of childbearing” (NKJV). Preserving the literal wording (the womanly [things]) highlights the text’s physical realism. [A related idiom appears in Gen 31:35 (ἐθισμὸν τῶν γυναικῶν; ethismòn tôn gynaikôn), rendered “the custom of women,” carrying the same biological meaning. Furthermore, in Deut 22:5, gynaikeîos is used to prohibit a man from wearing “womanly” apparel. Taken together, Scripture teaches that biological sex is an unalterable physical reality and that outward gender presentation must strictly correspond to that God-given design.] #ALT #ALTBible #Genesis #Genesis18 #BiblicalTruth #CreatedOrder #TwoGenders #Biology #OnlyWomenMenstruate #GodsDesign #Exegesis #StudyVersion #LiteralTranslation #ScriptureTruth #FaithAndTruth