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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 21:1-7

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 a, Genesis 21:7 may be assigned, and Genesis 21:6 a to E. Genesis 21:6 b should probably be placed in Genesis 21:7 before for, and assigned to J. It supplies a better reason than Genesis 21:7 a for Genesis 21:7 b. Genesis 21:6 contains two suggestions as to the origin of Isaac's name Sarah's own glad laughter at the birth of a son, and the kindly amusement of the gossips that two such old folks should at last have a baby. Not indeed that either J or E thought of Abraham as a centenarian and Sarah as ninety.

Genesis 21:6. with me: rather at me, but not maliciously.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַֽ יהוָ֛ה פָּקַ֥ד אֶת ־שָׂרָ֖ה כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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