OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 17:19

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God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

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Verse 19. Isaac, “laughter,” alluding to the exultation of Abraham, more than to the laughter of Sara, which deserved some reprehension. G. 21:6.

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Isaac means “he laughs”.

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