Genesis 21:3
Abraham named him Isaac
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
In Context
2So Sarah had Abraham’s son in his old age at the fixed time of which God had told him.
4and when he was eight days old he circumcised him as God had told him to.
Cross References
Genesis 17:19But God said, “No. But Sarah your wife is about to bear your a son; call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Genesis 21:12But the Lord said to Abraham, “Do not be displeased because of the boy and because of your slave-girl. Listen to all that Sarah says to you, for only through the line of Isaac will your name be perpetuated.
Genesis 25:19These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham fathered Isaac.
Matthew 1:2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac of Jacob, Jacob of Judah and his brothers,
Romans 9:7nor, because they are Abraham’s descendants, are they all his children; but – ‘It is Isaac’s children who will be called your descendants.’
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 →