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Abraham was "an hundred years old", when his son whom he named Isaac was born; and he circumcised him when he was eight days old. [47] For Sarah, the thought of giving birth and nursing a child, at such an old age, also brought her much laughter, as she declared, "God hath made me to laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me."
The year Isaac was born. Ishmael was 14, Sarah 90, Abraham 100, Terah 170, Serug 229, Eber 325, Shelah 355, Arpachshad 390, Shem 490 years old. Genesis 21:5: 2196 The year Serug died. He was 230 years old (2426–2196). Isaac was 1 year old, Ishmael 15, Sarah 91, Abraham 101, Terah 171, Eber 326, Shelah 356, Arpachshad 391, Shem 491 years old.
Isaac [a] is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.Isaac first appears in the Torah, in which he is the son of Abraham and Sarah, the father of Jacob and Esau, and the grandfather of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Sarah believed she was too old to have a child and laughed. Yet she did conceive (Genesis 21:1-7) and had a baby named Isaac. After the death of his mother, Sarah, Isaac married Rebekah. Abraham then married Keturah, who bore him six more sons – Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
In the fifth reading, Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born, and Sarah remarked that God had brought her laughter and everyone would laugh with her about her bearing Abraham a child in his old age. [55] Abraham held a great feast on the day that Sarah weaned Isaac. [56]
A year later, Ishmael's half-brother Isaac was born to Abraham by his first wife Sarah when she was 90 years old, [12] after she had ceased showing any signs of fertility. [ 13 ]
Abraham, Sarah and Hagar, imagined here in a Bible illustration from 1897. Isaac blessing his son, as painted by Giotto di Bondone Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by Eugène Delacroix The patriarchs ( Hebrew : אבות ʾAvot , "fathers") of the Bible , when narrowly defined, are Abraham , his son Isaac , and Isaac's son Jacob , also named ...
Sarah [a] (born Sarai) [b] is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions.While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister [1] of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac.