Commentary for Bava Metzia 173:10

כתיב (בראשית יח, יב) ואדוני זקן וכתיב (בראשית יח, יג) ואני זקנתי דלא מותיב הקב"ה כדקאמרה איהי

this is to inform us that she was modest.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore kept herself secluded. ');">¹⁸</span> Rab Judah said in Rab's name: The Ministering Angels knew that our mother Sarah was in the tent, but why [bring out the fact that she was] in her tent? In order to make her beloved to her husband.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By impressing him with her modesty. ');">¹⁹</span>

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