Genesis 21:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. ”

Genesis 21:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Birth of Isaac 7. מלל mı̂lēl “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. 14. חמת chêmet “bottle,” akin to חמה chāmâh , “surround, enclose,” and הוּם chu...
Genesis 21:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Birth of Isaac. Genesis 21:1 b and Genesis 21:2 b - Genesis 21:5 belong to P, the editor having changed Elohim into Yahweh in Genesis 21:1 b . To J Genesis 21:1 a , Genesis 21:2...
Genesis 21:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. God hath made me to laugh - Sarah alludes here to the circumstance mentioned Genesis 18:12 ; and as she seems t...
Genesis 21:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God hath made me to laugh— Sarah, alluding to the laughter of herself and her husband, whence their son had his name, observes, that God had now caused them to laugh indeed, or in such a manner...
Genesis 21:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. God hath made me to laugh - literally, God hath prepared laughter (joy) for me; i:e., as Havernick paraphr...
Genesis 21:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Birth of Isaac. Dismissal of Hagar and Ishmael. Covenant between Abraham and Abimelech 8. Weaned] in his second or third year, as is usual among Orientals.
Genesis 21:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

God hath made me to laugh. — Sarah’s laugh was one of mingled emotions. Joy was uppermost in her mind, but women do not laugh for joy at the birth of a child. Doubtless she called to mind the feeli...
Genesis 21:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ISHMAEL AND ISAAC Genesis 21:1-34 ; Genesis 22:1-24 Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. Which things are an allegory.- Galatians 4:22 . "Abraham stretched...
Genesis 21:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Birth of Isaac Genesis 21:1-7 God is faithful. Heaven and earth may pass, but His word cannot fail. We may wait until all human hopes have died, and then, at “God's set time,” the child is born...
Genesis 21:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At last in God's 'Set time," and in spite of all natural difficulties, the long-promised son was born. Sarah who at an earlier point had laughed with the laughter of incredulity, now laughed with the...
Genesis 21:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a...
Genesis 21:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh ,.... This she said on occasion of the name of her son Isaac, which name her husband had given him by divine direction, and to which she assented. This doub...
Genesis 21:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me. Ver. 6. God hath made me to laugh. ] "A wise son maketh a glad father". Pro 10:1 Monstri autem simil est, qu...
Genesis 21:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Sarah said, God has made me to laugh Not through diffidence and irreverence, as my own distrustful heart before made me to laugh; but through excess of holy joy. He hath given me both cause and a h...
Genesis 21:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE PROMISE FULFILLED IN ISAAC Now the grace of God bears its most important fruit in the history of Abraham. Sarah, at the unlikely age of 90 years, gives birth to Isaac, at the time God Himself...
Genesis 21:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Birth of Isaac. B. C. 1897. 1 And the L ORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the L...
Genesis 21:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Before, my own distrustful heart made me to laugh, now God makes me laugh, not through diffidence and irreverence, as before, Genesis 18:12 , but through excess of holy joy. All that hear will la...
Genesis 21:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Son is Born to Sarah and Another Son of Abraham is Cast Out ( Genesis 21:1-21 ). The account of Yahweh's fulfilment of His promise to Abraham in the giving of a son comes interestingly enough in...
Genesis 21:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 21:6-7 THE REJOICING AT ISAAC’S BIRTH I. It was the reward of faith and patience. There were peculiar circumstances connected with the birth of this...
Genesis 21:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 21 In the story of Hagar and Ishmael, we notice: I. The outcast. As Abraham is the father of all the faithful, so the Arab Ishmael is the father of all our outcasts. He was an impudent bo...
Genesis 21:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 21:3 . Isaac; that is, laughter or holy joy. Luke 6:21 . Sarah had once laughed through unbelief; now being ashamed of that, she could sing with Mary, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and m...
Genesis 21:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh The rejoicing of Isaac’s birth I. IT WAS THE REWARD OF FAITH AND PATIENCE. II. IT WAS HAILED WITH A SONG OF GRATITUDE. 1. There was an element of ama...
Genesis 21:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 21:1 And the Lord —Jehovah ; not because the verse is Jehovistic (Knobel, Bleek, et alii ) , but because the promise naturally falls to be implemented by him who ga...
Genesis 21:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaac Born, Circumcised, and Weaned
Genesis 21:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

God. Genesis 17:17 Genesis 18:12-15 1 Samuel 1:26-28 1 Samuel 2:1-10 Psalms 113:9 Psalms 126:2 Isaiah 49:15 Isaiah 49:21 Isaiah 54:1 Luke 1:46-55 John 16:21 John 16:22 Galati...
Genesis 21:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Birth of Isaac Genesis 21:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Genesis 20:1-18 is a chapter that is vital in many ways. 1. It shows us that even God's best may err through unbelief. Abraham, in fe...
Genesis 21:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh — He hath given me both cause to rejoice, and a heart to rejoice. And it adds to the comfort of any mercy to have our friends rejoice with us in it, See Lu...

Genesis 21:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 21:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 21:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 21:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 21:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 21:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 21:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 21:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 21:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 21:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 21:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 21:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 21:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 21:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 21:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 21:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 21:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes