Genesis 21:1-7

1 visitavit autem Dominus Sarram sicut promiserat et implevit quae locutus est

2 concepitque et peperit filium in senectute sua tempore quo praedixerat ei Deus

3 vocavitque Abraham nomen filii sui quem genuit ei Sarra Isaac

4 et circumcidit eum octavo die sicut praeceperat ei Deus

5 cum centum esset annorum hac quippe aetate patris natus est Isaac

6 dixitque Sarra risum fecit mihi Deus quicumque audierit conridebit mihi

7 rursumque ait quis auditurum crederet Abraham quod Sarra lactaret filium quem peperit ei iam seni

Genesis 21:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 21

This chapter gives an account of the conception, birth, circumcision, and weaning of Isaac, Ge 21:1-8; of the mocking of Ishmael, and of the casting out of him and his mother from Abraham's house, at the request of Sarah, which, though grievous to Abraham, he complied with at the direction of God, Ge 21:9-13; of the provision Abraham made for their departure, and of the supply they met with in the wilderness from God, where Ishmael was brought up, and where he married, Ge 21:14-21; and of a covenant between Abraham and Abimelech, king of Gerar, Ge 21:22-32; and of Abraham's planting a grove, and calling on the name of the Lord, Ge 21:33; and the chapter is closed with this observation, that Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days, Ge 21:34.