Genesis 17:15-19
Sarai <08297> [As.]
Sarah <08283> [Sarah. i.e., princess.]
bless ............. bless <01288> [And I.]
give <05414> [give.]
nations <01471> [be a mother of nations. Heb. become nations.]
Kings <04428> [kings.]
bowed <05307> [fell.]
3 Le 9:24 Nu 14:5 16:22,45 De 9:18,25 Jos 5:14 7:6 Jud 13:20
1Ch 21:16 Job 1:20 Eze 1:28 Da 8:17 Mt 2:11 Re 5:8 11:16 [All]
laughed <06711> [laughed.]
might <03863> [O that.]
before <06440> [before.]
Sarah <08283> [Sarah.]
Isaac <03327> [Isaac.]
{Yitzchak,} which we change into Isaac, signifies laughter; in allusion to Abraham's laughing, ver. 17. By this Abraham did not express his unbelief or weakness of faith, but his joy at the prospect of the fulfilment of so glorious a promise; and to this our Lord evidently alludes, Joh 8:56.
