Genesis 21:8

Verse 8. Weaned. S. Jerom says when he was five years old, though some said twelve. The age of men being prolonged, their infancy continued longer. One of the Machabees suckled her child three years. 2 Maccabees 7:27. 2 Chronicles 31:16. Calmet.—Feast. The life of the child being now considered in less danger. From the time of conception till this place, the husband kept at a distance from his wife. Saint Clement strom. iii. Samuel’s mother made a feast or present when she weaned him. 1 Kennicott. 1:24. Menochius.