Genesis 21:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

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  • Gen 21:1-4
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    1And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.

    2And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.

    3And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.

    4And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him.

  • Gen 25:19
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    19Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

  • Gen 17:17-19
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    17Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

    18And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

    19And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

  • Gen 17:23-26
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    23And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

    24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.

    25And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

    26Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

  • Gen 21:6-8
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    6And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.

    7And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.

    8And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.

  • Gen 18:10-11
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    76%

    10And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

    11Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

  • 1 Chr 1:28
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    28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

  • Gen 35:28
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    28And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.

  • Gen 16:16
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    16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.

  • Gen 25:7
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    7Now the years of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

    18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

  • Gen 25:5
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    5Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;

  • Gen 24:1
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    1Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.

  • Rom 4:19
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    19And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

  • Gen 18:13-14
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    13And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

    14Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

  • Gen 21:12
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    12But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

  • Gen 22:9-10
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    9And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.

    10And stretching out his hand, Abraham took the knife to put his son to death.

  • Gen 25:11-12
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    11Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.

    12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:

  • Gen 22:2
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    2And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.

  • Gen 26:12
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    12Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.