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Genesis 21:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 21:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 21
The Promised Son.[a] 1 The Lord visited Sarah, as he had said he would. The Lord fulfilled what he had promised to Sarah. 2 Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age at the very time that the Lord had established. 3 Abraham named the son whom Sarah bore Isaac.
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- Genesis 21:1 Isaac, who is born by the divine will even though nature is not up to the task, symbolizes the fact that salvation, which is foretold in his person, is not the work of human beings but entirely a gift of the Lord. The passage represents a fusion of the three sources.
Genesis 21:1-3
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Genesis 21:1-3
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The Birth of Isaac
21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah(A) as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.(B) 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son(C) to Abraham in his old age,(D) at the very time God had promised him.(E) 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac[a](F) to the son Sarah bore him.
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- Genesis 21:3 Isaac means he laughs.
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