Genesis 21 · Verse 5

Genesis 21:5

And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Genesis 21:5, King James Version

Genesis 21:5 in other translations

BSBAbraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
WEBAbraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.
ASVAnd Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
YLTAnd Abraham is a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,
DARBYAnd Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
BBENow Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.
WebsterAnd Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him.

What does Genesis 21:5 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 21:1-8

Chapter Outline Birth of Isaac, Sarah's joy. (1-8) Ishmael mocks Isaac. (9-13) Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth, They are relieved and comforted by an angel. (14-21) Abimelech's covenant with Abraham. (22-34) Verses 1-8 Few under the Old Testament were brought into the world with such expectations as Isaac. He was in this a type of Christ, that Seed which the holy God so long promised, and holy men so long expected…

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Genesis 21:5 in the original Hebrew

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וְאַבְרָהָ֖םve.'av.ra.Hamand AbrahamH85
בֶּן\־ben-[was] a son ofH1121
מְאַ֣תme.'Atone hundredH3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
בְּהִוָּ֣לֶדbe.hi.Va.ledwhen was bornH3205
ל֔וֹloto <the> him
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
יִצְחָ֥קyitz.ChakIsaacH3327
בְּנֽוֹ\׃be.Noson hisH1121

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 21:5

  • Genesis 17:17

    Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

  • Romans 4:19

    And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:

  • Genesis 17:1

    And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

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17:1,17; Ro 4:19

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Context

  • Genesis 21:4

    And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

  • Genesis 21:5

    And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

  • Genesis 21:6

    And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

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Genesis 21:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y era Abraham de cien años, cuando le nació Isaac su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Abraham était âgé de 100 ans lorsque Isaac, son fils, lui naquit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Abraham war hundert Jahre alt, als ihm sein Sohn Isaak geboren wurde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		cum centum esset annorum: hac quippe ætate patris, natus est Isaac.