Genesis 21:5
3 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.
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
7 She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
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.
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- BSB
- Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
- KJV
- And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
- WEB
- Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.
- ASV
- And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
- DARBY
- And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
- BLB
- And Abraham [was] a son of a hundred years when Isaac his son was born to him.
- ÅB
- Abraham var hundre år gammel da han fikk sin sønn Isak.
- OTB
- Abraham var hundre år gammel da hans sønn Isak kom til verden.
- B1930
- Abraham var hundre år gammel da han fikk sin sønn Isak.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
Read in contextRomans 4:19
Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
Read in contextGenesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
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