Genesis 21:5

Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Abraham remembered his side of the promise he made with God. And so when Isaac was 8 days old, Abraham did the young men's operation on Isaac to show that Isaac belonged to God.

6Sarah said, “God has given me a chance to laugh now, and everyone who hears my story will laugh and be happy with me.”

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Cross References

Genesis 16:16Abram was 86 years old when Ishmael was born.

Genesis 17:17Abraham bowed down with his face on the ground again and laughed. He said to himself, “I am nearly 100 years old and Sarah is 90, how can we have a baby? We are too old.”

Genesis 25:26When the second baby was born, he was holding his brother's foot so they named him Jacob. Jacob means Tricky One in their language. Isaac was 60 years old when his sons were born.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:2-9

The Birth of Isaac. ( b. c. 1897.) 1 And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said, God… Read the whole commentary →

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