Genesis 21:7
She also said, “Would anyone have announced to Abraham that Sarah was going to have children to nurse? But now I have had a son for Abraham even when he was old!”
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6Sarah declared, “God has made me laugh, and all those who hear about this will laugh with me.”
8The baby grew up, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a large feast.
Cross References
Genesis 18:11Abraham and Sarah were old, getting on in years. Sarah was well past the age of having children.
Deuteronomy 4:32Think about it! Examine the whole of history from the beginning of time, long before you existed, when God made human beings, right up until now. Ask this question anywhere, from one end of the earth to the other: Has anything as amazing as this ever happened before; has anyone ever heard anything like this?
1 Kings 11:20She gave birth to his son called Genubath. Tahpenes brought him up in Pharaoh's palace with Pharaoh's own children.
Psalms 86:10For you are great, and do wonderful things! Only you are God.
Isaiah 66:8Who has ever heard of anything like this? Who has seen this kind of thing before? Can a country be delivered in a day, can a nation be born in a moment? Yet as soon as Zion went into labor, she gave birth to her children.
2 Thessalonians 1:10on the day when he comes to receive glory from his people, admired by all those who trust in him. This includes you because you were convinced about what we told you.
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 →