Genesis 21:5

Modern

Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Traditional

And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

Literal

And Abraham was a son of a hundred years when Isaac his son was born to him.

Latin

…cum centum esset annorum: hac quippe ætate patris, natus est Isaac.

Hebrew

English

Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Isaac was born 25 years after God first made the promise to Abraham (compare 12:4).

Theme notes and profiles

Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
Romans 4:19
Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Isaac: Son of Abraham; father of Jacob and Esau