Genesis 17:19 (KJV)

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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

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Sarah. Ge 17:21 Ge 18:10-14 Ge 21:2 Ge 21:3 Ge 21:6 2Ki 4:16 2Ki 4:17 Lu 1:13-20 Ro 9:6-9 Ga 4:28-31

Isaac.{Yitzchak,} which we change into Isaac, signifies laughter; in allusion to Abraham's laughing, ver. 17. By this Abraham did not express his unbelief or weakness of faith, but his joy at the prospect of the fulfilment of so glorious a promise; and to this our Lord evidently alludes, Joh 8:56.

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