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Ramban on Genesis 18:13/רמב"ן על בראשית י״ח:י״ג

אוַאֲנִי זָקַנְתִּי הוּא פֵּרוּשׁ "אַחֲרֵי בְלוֹתִי", וּדְבָרָיו אֱמֶת אַךְ מִפְּנֵי הַשָּׁלוֹם לֹא רָצָה לְגַלּוֹת מָה שֶׁאָמְרָה "וַאדֹנִי זָקֵן", כִּי הָיָה רָאוּי שֶׁיֹּאמַר "וַאֲנִי וַאֲדוֹנִי זְקֵנִים" כִּי שָׂרָה בִּשְׁנֵיהֶם תִּצְחַק:

1I BEING OLD. This is the explanation of Sarah’s words, after I am waxed old.⁹⁸ And G-d’s words [that Sarah had said, “I being old“], were true, but for the sake of peace He did not reveal what she also said, namely, My lord being old also,⁹⁸ for [if He were quoting Sarah], He should have said, “I and my lord are old,” as Sarah had laughed concerning both of them.