Genesis 21:1
The Lord was kind to Sarah and she found out that she was going to have a baby. Then, at the right time, the baby that the Lord promised to Sarah was born. And so Sarah gave that old man Abraham a son. And Abraham named the baby Isaac which means Laughing.
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 17:19But God said to Abraham, “Listen to me. What I say is true, Sarah will have a baby boy, and you will name him Isaac. He will be the one that gets all the promises I made to you. The promise I made with you, will be the same for him and for all the family that comes from him. And again I tell you, that promise will last forever.
Genesis 18:10Sarah was sitting in the tent behind where the men were eating, and she heard one of the men say, “I will come back to visit you this time next year, and Sarah will have a baby boy.”
Genesis 50:24Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, and I know that God will look after you. One day, God will lead you out of this country back to the country he promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
Ruth 1:6Later on, someone told Naomi that the Lord had helped his people in Israel and had given them food. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Mo-ab and go back to Bethlehem.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:1
In this chapter we have, I. Isaac, the child of promise born into Abraham's family, ver. 1-8 . II. Ishmael, the son of the bondwoman, cast out of it, ver. 9-21 . III. Abraham's league with his neighbour Abimelech, ver. 22-32 . IV. His devotion to his God, ver. 33 . Read the whole commentary →