Genesis 21:3
New International Version
Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.

New Living Translation
And Abraham named their son Isaac.

English Standard Version
Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.

Berean Standard Bible
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

King James Bible
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

New King James Version
And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—whom Sarah bore to him—Isaac.

New American Standard Bible
Abraham named his son who was born to him, the son whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

NASB 1995
Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

NASB 1977
And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Amplified Bible
Abraham named his son Isaac (laughter), the son to whom Sarah gave birth.

Christian Standard Bible
Abraham named his son who was born to him—the one Sarah bore to him—Isaac.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Abraham named his son who was born to him—the one Sarah bore to him—Isaac.

American Standard Version
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Abraham called the name of his son, Isaaq, who was begotten by him, to whom Sara had given birth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Abraam called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarrha bore to him, Isaac.

Contemporary English Version
Abraham named his son Isaac,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac.

English Revised Version
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Abraham named his newborn son Isaac.

Good News Translation
Abraham named him Isaac,

International Standard Version
Abraham named his son who was born to him Isaac—the very one whom Sarah bore for him!

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Literal Standard Version
and Abraham calls the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah has borne to him—Isaac;

Majority Standard Bible
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

New American Bible
Abraham gave the name Isaac to this son of his whom Sarah bore him.

NET Bible
Abraham named his son--whom Sarah bore to him--Isaac.

New Revised Standard Version
Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son whom Sarah bore him.

New Heart English Bible
Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

World English Bible
Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Young's Literal Translation
and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him -- Isaac;

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Context
The Birth of Isaac
2So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised. 3And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him. 4When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.…

Cross References
Genesis 17:19
But God replied, "Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 17:21
But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."

Joshua 24:3
But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,


Treasury of Scripture

And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Genesis 21:6,12
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me…

Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

Genesis 22:2
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

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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.














(3) Abraham called the name of his son.--Attention has been called to the fact that we have here two things contrary to subsequent usage: for, first, the father names the child, and not the mother; and, secondly, he names him at his birth, instead of waiting until his circumcision. It might be enough to answer that the child was really named by God (Genesis 17:19), and that Abraham only acknowledges that the son born was the promised Isaac; but really, as we have seen before, there was as yet no settled rule as to either of these points.

Isaac.--This name not only recorded the fact of the laughter of the father (Genesis 17:17) and of the mother (Genesis 18:12), but was a standing memorial that Isaac's birth was contrary to nature, and one of which the promise was provocative of ridicule in the sight even of his parents.

Verse 3. - And Abraham called the name of his son - the naming of a child by its father is, according to partitionists, a peculiarity of the Elohist as distinguished from the Jehovist, who assigns that function to the mother; but vide Genesis 16:15 - that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him (the latter clause being added to distinguish him from Hagar's child), Isaac - laughter; the name appointed for him by God before his birth (Genesis 17:19).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And Abraham
אַבְרָהָ֜ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

gave
וַיִּקְרָ֨א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

the name
שֶׁם־ (šem-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

Isaac
יִצְחָֽק׃ (yiṣ·ḥāq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah

to the son
בְּנ֧וֹ (bə·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

Sarah
שָׂרָ֖ה (śā·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham

bore
יָלְדָה־ (yā·lə·ḏāh-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

to him.
לּ֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


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