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The Birth of Isaac

Genesis 21:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
KJV
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
WEB
Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.
ASV
And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
LSV
And Abraham [is] a son of one hundred years in his son Isaac being born to him,
YLT
And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,
DBY
And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
DRC
When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father was Isaac born.
GNV
So Abraham was an hundreth yeere olde, when his sonne Izhak was borne vnto him.
JPS
And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
LXXE
And Abraam was a hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאַבְרָהָ֖ם בֶּן־מְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה בְּהִוָּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ אֵ֖ת יִצְחָ֥ק בְּנֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ Ἁβραὰμ ἦν ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν, ηνίκα ἐγένετο αὐτῷ Ἰσαὰκ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ.

Who and where

👤 Abraham👤 Isaac◆ Lifetime of Abraham

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
  • Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  • Romans 4:19Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

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