Genesis 21:5
in Genesis 21Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
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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
3 notes 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.
This site's exposition
Abraham was a hundred years old
At 17:17 Abraham laughed at the thought of a son born to a man of a hundred and to Sarah at ninety. Paul returns to the number at Romans 4:19, where Abraham, about a hundred years old, faced his own body without weakening in faith.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Abraham was an hundred years old when son Isaac was born unto him.
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
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
