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Genesis 21:5

AbrahamIsaac
Old age

3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 17:17

    Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

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  • Romans 4:19

    And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:

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  • Genesis 17:1

    And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

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