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‏ Genesis 17:16-19

And I Gen 1:28, Gen 12:2, Gen 24:60; Rom 9:9

be a mother of nations Heb. become nations, Gen 35:11; Gal 4:26-31; 1Pet 3:6

fell Gen 17:3; Lev 9:24; Num 14:5, Num 16:22, Num 16:45; Deut 9:18, Deut 9:25; Josh 5:14, Josh 7:6; Judg 13:20; 1Chr 21:16; Job 1:20; Ezek 1:28; Dan 8:17; Matt 2:11; Rev 5:8, Rev 11:16

laughed Gen 18:12, Gen 21:6; John 8:56; Rom 4:19-20

O that Jer 32:39; Acts 2:39

before Gen 4:12, Gen 4:14; Ps 4:6, Ps 41:12; Isa 59:2

Sarah Gen 17:21, Gen 18:10-14, Gen 21:2-3, Gen 21:6; 2Kgs 4:16-17; Luke 1:13-20; Rom 9:6-9; Gal 4:28-31

Isaac Yitzchak, which we change into Isaac, signifies laughter; in allusion to Abraham's laughing, Gen 17:17. 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, John 8:56.