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Sarah became pregnant. She gave birth to a son for Abraham when he was very old. This happened at the time when God had said that it would.[a]

Abraham called his son ‘Isaac’. This is the son that Sarah gave birth to. When Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. That is what God had told him to do.[b]

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Sarah became pregnant and bore a son(A) to Abraham in his old age,(B) at the very time God had promised him.(C) Abraham gave the name Isaac[a](D) to the son Sarah bore him. When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him,(E) as God commanded him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:3 Isaac means he laughs.