Genesis 21:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.”
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BSBPD
“Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And Abraham <FI>is<Fi> a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 21:5 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 16:16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
- 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.
- 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 17:24So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
- Genesis 25:26After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
- Jeremiah 20:15Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
- 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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