Genesis 21:5
in Genesis 21Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
KJV
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
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This verse in Genesis 21
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
Abraham gave the name Isaac
on Genesis 21:3-5
God had given the name Isaac at 17:19, before there was a child. It means he laughs. Isaac is circumcised on the eighth day, as God had commanded at 17:12. Abraham was then a hundred, twenty-five years on from the call at 12:4.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַבְרָהָ֖ם | veavraham | and Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [was] a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְאַ֣ת | meat | one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| בְּהִוָּ֣לֶד | behivaled | when was born | H3205 → | 496 times |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִצְחָ֥ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| בְּנֽוֹ׃ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
וְאַבְרָהָ֖םand Abraham
veavrahamH85 →175 times
בֶּן־[was] a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
מְאַ֣תone hundred
meatH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
בְּהִוָּ֣לֶדwhen was born
behivaledH3205 →496 times
ל֔וֹto <the> him
lo
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
יִצְחָ֥קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
בְּנֽוֹ׃son his
benoH1121 →4930 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
it leads to
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Genesis 18:14
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
- Genesis 6:9
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- Philippians 4:13
Through
Romans 4:19Without 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.
it leads to
- Hebrews 11:11–19
By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
- 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?”
- Romans 4:20–21
Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
- Hebrews 11:11–19
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Genesis

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
