For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
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Gill's Exposition
For Sarah conceived,.... This explains what is meant by the Lord's visiting her, and doing to her according to his word, see Heb 11:11,
and bare Abraham a son in his old age; which circumstance is…
- The Birth of Isaac 7. מלל mı̂lēl “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. 14. חמת chêmet “bottle,” akin to חמה chāmâh, “surround, enclose,” and הוּם chûm “black. באר שׁבע…
Long-looked-for comes at last. The vision concerning the promised seed is for an appointed time, and now, at the end, it speaks, and does not lie; few under the Old Testament were brought into the…
Cambridge Bible
in his old age Cf. Gen 21:21; Gen 18:11; Gen 24:36; Gen 37:3; Gen 44:20 (al+l from J); meaning literally "to his old age."
at the set time Cf. Gen 17:21 (P).
It is to this verse that allusion is made…
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