The Meaning of Genesis 21:5 Explained

Genesis 21:5

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

YLT: And Abraham is a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,

Darby: And Abraham was a 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.

What is the context of Genesis 21:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 21:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 21:1-7 - Birth Of Isaac
God is faithful. Heaven and earth may pass, but His word cannot fail. We may wait until all human hopes have died, and then, at "God's set time," the child is born. Abraham laughed at the first announcement of this event, Genesis 17:17. Later, as Sarah listened to the conversation between her husband and his mysterious guests, she laughed with incredulity, Genesis 18:12-15. But now, in the joy of long-deferred motherhood, she found that "the Lord had prepared laughter for her," and so named her child Isaac. See r.v. margin. Be of good cheer. The Lord has prepared laughter for you also, some few miles ahead on life's journey. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright. O thou afflicted, He shall lay thy stones in fair colors! And when thy joy comes, rejoice in it. "Thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God giveth thee." But in those hours think kindly of others, and do not forget that some, like Hagar, may be disappointed by what gives thee joy! [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 21

1  Isaac is born, and circumcised
6  Sarah's joy
8  Isaac is weaned
9  Hagar and Ishmael sent away
15  Hagar in distress
17  The angel relieves and comforts her
23  Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beersheba

What do the individual words in Genesis 21:5 mean?

And Abraham was old a hundred years when was born to him - Isaac his son
וְאַבְרָהָ֖ם בֶּן־ מְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה בְּהִוָּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ אֵ֖ת יִצְחָ֥ק בְּנֽוֹ

וְאַבְרָהָ֖ם  And  Abraham 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַבְרָהָם  
Sense: friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God’s elective covenant.
בֶּן־  was  old 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
מְאַ֣ת  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
שָׁנָ֑ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
בְּהִוָּ֣לֶד  when  was  born 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Nifal, Infinitive construct
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
ל֔וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
אֵ֖ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יִצְחָ֥ק  Isaac 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִצְחָק  
Sense: son of Abraham by Sarah his wife and father of Jacob and Esau.
בְּנֽוֹ  his  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.

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