Genesis 17:19
in Genesis 17But 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
KJV
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
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This verse in Genesis 17
Commentary
5 notes on this verseIf Abraham, in his prayer for Ishmael, meant that he would have the covenant made with him, and the promised seed to come from him, then God did not answer him in the letter, but in that which was equivalent, nay, which was every way better. (1.) God repeats to him the promise of a son by Sarah: She shall bear thee a son indeed.
This site's exposition
you are to name him Isaac
on Genesis 17:19-20
God answers both prayers, and the covenant goes to one of the two sons. God will bless Ishmael and make him into a great nation of twelve rulers. The twelve match the twelve tribes that come from the younger son. Sarah's son carries the name Isaac before he is conceived.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
For what follows: "And I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him," etc. He says his seed in those who, by imitating the faith of Abraham, merit to hear from the Lord: "Blessed are you who …
And the Lord said to Abraham: "Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac." Isaac is interpreted as Laughter, and it is not to be doubted that he was so called because when his birth was announced, Abraham …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed,....
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֗ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲבָל֙ | ʾaval | but | H61 → | |
| שָׂרָ֣ה | sarah | Sarah | H8283 → | 38 times |
| אִשְׁתְּךָ֗ | ʾishtekha | wife your | H802 → | 781 times |
| יֹלֶ֤דֶת | yoledet | [is] about to bear | H3205 → | 496 times |
| לְךָ֙ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| בֵּ֔ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְקָרָ֥אתָ | vekarata | and you will call | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁמ֖וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יִצְחָ֑ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י | vahakimoti | and I will establish | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּרִיתִ֥י | beriti | covenant my | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אִתּ֛וֹ | ʾito | with him | H854 → | 929 times |
| לִבְרִ֥ית | livrit | to a covenant of | H1285 → | 284 times |
| עוֹלָ֖ם | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
| לְזַרְע֥וֹ | lezaro | for offspring his | H2233 → | 229 times |
| אַחֲרָֽיו׃ | ʾacharav | after him | H310 → | 715 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֱלֹהִ֗יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אֲבָל֙but
ʾavalH61 →
שָׂרָ֣הSarah
sarahH8283 →38 times
אִשְׁתְּךָ֗wife your
ʾishtekhaH802 →781 times
יֹלֶ֤דֶת[is] about to bear
yoledetH3205 →496 times
לְךָ֙to <the> you
lekha
בֵּ֔ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
וְקָרָ֥אתָand you will call
vekarataH7121 →733 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁמ֖וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
יִצְחָ֑קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨יand I will establish
vahakimotiH6965 →628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּרִיתִ֥יcovenant my
beritiH1285 →284 times
אִתּ֛וֹwith him
ʾitoH854 →929 times
לִבְרִ֥יתto a covenant of
livritH1285 →284 times
עוֹלָ֖םperpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
לְזַרְע֥וֹfor offspring his
lezaroH2233 →229 times
אַחֲרָֽיו׃after him
ʾacharavH310 →715 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 21:6Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
it leads to
- Psalms 126:2
Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
- Isaiah 54:1
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her…
- 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?”
- Luke 1:58
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
- Luke 1:14
He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
- Psalms 126:2
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Genesis
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.