Genesis 21:3
Abraham gave the name ‘Isaac’ (which means ‘he laughs’) to the son Sarah gave birth to.
Translation for Translators
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
4Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when his son was eight days old, just as God commanded him to do.
Cross References
Genesis 17:19Then God replied, “ No! Your wife Sarah will bear a son for you. You must name him Isaac. I will establish my agreement with him, one which will be an everlasting agreement for him and his descendants.
Genesis 21:12But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about your son, Ishmael, and about your maidservant, Hagar. Do everything that Sarah tells you to do. Listen to her, because Isaac is the one who will be considered the ancestor of the descendants I promised to give you.
Genesis 25:19◄This is an account of/I will now tell you about► Abraham’s son, Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
Matthew 1:2Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and Judah’s older and younger brothers.
Romans 9:7And it is also not all of Abraham’s natural descendants that God considers to be his people. Instead, God considers only some of them to be Abraham’s children. This agrees with what God told Abraham: “It is Isaac, not any of your(sg) other sons, whom I will consider to be the true father of 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 →