Bereshis 21:5

5 And Avraham was a hundred years old, when bno Yitzchak was born unto him.

Bereshis 21:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:5

And Abraham was an hundred years old when son Isaac was born
unto him.
] So that this was years after his departure from Haran, and coming into the land of Canaan, for then he was seventy five years of age, ( Genesis 12:4 ) ; and this exactly agrees with the account of Demetrius, as related by Polyhistor, an Heathen writer ^F15, who makes Isaac to be born just twenty five years from Abraham's coming into the land of Canaan, and who must be now an hundred years old, being ninety nine at the time the Lord appeared unto him, and promised him a son at the set time the next year, ( Genesis 17:1 Genesis 17:21 ) . This is observed, both to show the wonderful favour to Abraham, and the faithfulness of God in the exact performance of his promise: according to Bishop Usher ^F16, Isaac was born A. M. 2108, and before Christ 1896, and probably at Beersheba, see ( Genesis 21:33 Genesis 21:34 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 21. p. 425.
F16 Annales Vet. Test. p. 9.

Bereshis 21:5 In-Context

3 And Avraham called the shem of bno that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Yitzchak.

4 And Avraham circumcised bno Yitzchak at age shemonat yamim, as Elohim had commanded him.

5 And Avraham was a hundred years old, when bno Yitzchak was born unto him.

6 And she said, Elohim hath brought me tzechok (laughter), so that all that hear yitzchak (will laugh) with me.

7 And she said, Who would have said unto Avraham, that Sarah should nurse banim? for I have borne him ben in his old age.