Genesis 21:3
1 Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
2 So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
- KJV
- And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
- WEB
- Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
- ASV
- And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
- DARBY
- And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
- BLB
- And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
- ÅB
- Og Abraham kalte den sønn han hadde fått, den som Sara hadde født ham, Isak.
- OTB
- Abraham ga sin sønn navnet Isak, sønnen som Sara hadde født ham.
- B1930
- Og Abraham kalte den sønn han hadde fått, den som Sara hadde født ham, Isak.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 17:19
But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Read in contextRomans 9:7
Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
Read in contextGenesis 21:6
Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
Read in contextMatthew 1:2
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Read in contextJoshua 24:3
But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,
Read in contextHebrews 11:18
even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
Read in contextGenesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
Read in contextGenesis 22:2
“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
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