19And 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. …
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. …
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. …
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)Here is, I. The promise made to Abraham of a son by Sarai , that son in whom the promise made to him should be fulfilled, that he should be the father of many nations; for she also shall be a mother of nations, and kings of people shall be of her , Gen. 17:16. Note, 1. God reveals the purposes of his good-will to his people by degrees. God had told Abraham long before that he should have a son, bu…
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