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OET (OET-LV) And_ʼAⱱrāhām and_Sārāh [were]_old [having]_come in_the_days it_had_ceased to_be with_Sārāh a_way of_the_women.
OET (OET-RV) Abraham and Sarah were pretty old at this stage and Sarah had passed the age of being able to have children,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-background
וְאַבְרָהָ֤ם וְשָׂרָה֙
and,Abraham and,Sarah
This verse gives background information that is important to what happens next. Some languages use a conjunction such as Now here to introduce this kind of information, while other languages omit the conjunction, especially if Now is used to begin the last sentence in verse 10. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “Abraham and she” or “Sarah and Abraham”
זְקֵנִ֔ים בָּאִ֖ים בַּיָּמִ֑ים
old advanced in_the=days
Alternate translation: “were already quite old” or “were very elderly”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
חָדַל֙ לִהְי֣וֹת לְשָׂרָ֔ה אֹ֖רַח כַּנָּשִֽׁים
ceased to=be with,Sarah way of_the,women
The Hebrew text has an idiom here that is a polite way of saying that Sarah had reached menopause and so was not able to have children. Other languages may have a similar idiom. Make sure your translation of this clause will not offend or embarrass people when it is read aloud in public. Alternate translation: “so that she was much older than the normal age for bearing children.” or “so that she was far past the time that she could bear children.”
18:1-15 The Lord’s visit to Abraham set the time for Isaac’s birth. The three visitors were probably the Lord and two angels (see study note on 16:7). Abraham’s peaceful and generous reception of the visitors contrasts sharply with the chaos and corruption of Sodom (ch 19). Eating together was important in making or confirming covenants; when God was ready to fulfill the covenant promise, he came in person to share a meal with Abraham. Fellowship with God has always been signified by a communal meal (see Exod 24:9-11; Matt 26:17-30 // Luke 22:7-38; Acts 2:42; 1 Cor 11:20-34).
OET (OET-LV) And_ʼAⱱrāhām and_Sārāh [were]_old [having]_come in_the_days it_had_ceased to_be with_Sārāh a_way of_the_women.
OET (OET-RV) Abraham and Sarah were pretty old at this stage and Sarah had passed the age of being able to have children,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.