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Genesis 21:5

Genesis 21:5
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh,.... This she said on occasion of the name of her son Isaac, which name her husband had given him by divine direction, and to which she assented. This…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 21:1-34

- 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 21:1-8

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…

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