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Selected Verse: Genesis 21:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 21:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] visited [06485] Sarah [08283] as he had said [0559], and the LORD [03068] did [06213] unto Sarah [08283] as he had spoken [01696]. |
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King James |
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
BIRTH OF ISAAC. (Gen 21:1-13)
the Lord visited Sarah--The language of the historian seems designedly chosen to magnify the power of God as well as His faithfulness to His promise. It was God's grace that brought about that event, as well as the raising of spiritual children to Abraham, of which the birth of this son was typical [CALVIN]. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Birth of Isaac. - Jehovah did for Sarah what God had promised in Gen 17:6 (cf. Gen 18:14): she conceived, and at the time appointed bore a son to Abraham, when he was 100 years old. Abraham gave it the name of Jizchak (or Isaac), and circumcised it on the eighth day. The name for the promised son had been selected by God, in connection with Abraham's laughing (Gen 17:17 and Gen 17:19), to indicate the nature of his birth and existence. For as his laughing sprang from the contrast between the idea and the reality; so through a miracle of grace the birth of Isaac gave effect to this contrast between the promise of God and the pledge of its fulfilment on the one hand, and the incapacity of Abraham for begetting children, and of Sarah for bearing them, on the other; and through this name, Isaac was designated as the fruit of omnipotent grace working against and above the forces of nature. Sarah also, who had previously laughed with unbelief at the divine promise (Gen 18:12), found a reason in the now accomplished birth of the promised son for laughing with joyous amazement; so that she exclaimed, with evident allusion to his name, "A laughing hath God prepared for me; every one who hears it will laugh to me" (i.e., will rejoice with me, in amazement at the blessing of God which has come upon me even in my old age), and gave a fitting expression to the joy of her heart, in this inspired tristich (Gen 21:7): "Who would have said unto Abraham: Sarah is giving suck; for I have born a son to his old age." מלּל is the poetic word for דּבּר, and מי before the perfect has the sense of - whoever has said, which we should express as a subjunctive; cf. Kg2 20:9; Psa 11:3, etc. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Lord visited Sarah - That is, God fulfilled his promise to Sarah by giving her, at the advanced age of ninety, power to conceive and bring forth a son. |
1 And the LORD [03068] visited [06485] Sarah [08283] as he had said [0559], and the LORD [03068] did [06213] unto Sarah [08283] as he had spoken [01696].
2 For Sarah [08283] conceived [02029], and bare [03205] Abraham [085] a son [01121] in his old age [02208], at the set time [04150] of which God [0430] had spoken [01696] to him.
3 And Abraham [085] called [07121] the name [08034] of his son [01121] that was born [03205] unto him, whom Sarah [08283] bare [03205] to him, Isaac [03327].
4 And Abraham [085] circumcised [04135] his son [01121] Isaac [03327] being eight [08083] days [03117] old [01121], as God [0430] had commanded [06680] him.
5 And Abraham [085] was an hundred [03967] years [08141] old [01121], when his son [01121] Isaac [03327] was born [03205] unto him.
6 And Sarah [08283] said [0559], God [0430] hath made [06213] me to laugh [06712], so that all that hear [08085] will laugh [06711] with me.
7 And she said [0559], Who would have said [04448] unto Abraham [085], that Sarah [08283] should have given children [01121] suck [03243]? for I have born [03205] him a son [01121] in his old age [02208].
8 And the child [03206] grew [01431], and was weaned [01580]: and Abraham [085] made [06213] a great [01419] feast [04960] the same day [03117] that Isaac [03327] was weaned [01580].
9 And Sarah [08283] saw [07200] the son [01121] of Hagar [01904] the Egyptian [04713], which she had born [03205] unto Abraham [085], mocking [06711].
10 Wherefore she said [0559] unto Abraham [085], Cast out [01644] this bondwoman [0519] and her son [01121]: for the son [01121] of this bondwoman [0519] shall not be heir [03423] with my son [01121], even with Isaac [03327].
11 And the thing [01697] was very [03966] grievous [03415] in Abraham's [085] sight [05869] because [0182] of his son [01121].
12 And God [0430] said [0559] unto Abraham [085], Let it not be grievous [03415] in thy sight [05869] because of the lad [05288], and because of thy bondwoman [0519]; in all that Sarah [08283] hath said [0559] unto thee, hearken [08085] unto her voice [06963]; for in Isaac [03327] shall thy seed [02233] be called [07121].
13 And also of the son [01121] of the bondwoman [0519] will I make [07760] a nation [01471], because he is thy seed [02233].
3 If the foundations [08356] be destroyed [02040], what can the righteous [06662] do [06466]?
9 And Isaiah [03470] said [0559], This sign [0226] shalt thou have of the LORD [03068], that the LORD [03068] will do [06213] the thing [01697] that he hath spoken [01696]: shall the shadow [06738] go forward [01980] ten [06235] degrees [04609], or go back [07725] ten [06235] degrees [04609]?
7 And she said [0559], Who would have said [04448] unto Abraham [085], that Sarah [08283] should have given children [01121] suck [03243]? for I have born [03205] him a son [01121] in his old age [02208].
12 Therefore Sarah [08283] laughed [06711] within herself [07130], saying [0559], After [0310] I am waxed old [01086] shall I have pleasure [05730], my lord [0113] being old also [02204]?
19 And God [0430] said [0559], Sarah [08283] thy wife [0802] shall bear [03205] thee a son [01121] indeed [061]; and thou shalt call [07121] his name [08034] Isaac [03327]: and I will establish [06965] my covenant [01285] with him for an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285], and with his seed [02233] after him [0310].
17 Then Abraham [085] fell [05307] upon his face [06440], and laughed [06711], and said [0559] in his heart [03820], Shall a child be born [03205] unto him that is an hundred [03967] years [08141] old [01121]? and shall Sarah [08283], that is ninety [08673] years [08141] old [01323], bear [03205]?
14 Is [06381] any thing [01697] too hard [06381] for the LORD [03068]? At the time appointed [04150] I will return [07725] unto thee, according to the time [06256] of life [02416], and Sarah [08283] shall have a son [01121].
6 And I will make [06509] thee exceeding [03966] [03966] fruitful [06509], and I will make [05414] nations [01471] of thee, and kings [04428] shall come out [03318] of thee.