“So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.”
Genesis 21:2
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- Isaac Is Born: The Day God Made Sarah Laugh (Genesis 21)
Connection with Isaac born at the appointed time
In Genesis 21:2 Sarah bore her son "at the very time God had promised." The Hebrew word for time there is mo'ed (H4150), an appointed time, a set meeting, the same noun God used here: "At the appointed time I will return to you."
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In Genesis 18 God set an appointed time with Abraham's family, the day He would return and a son would be born, and He said it twice. This verse records that He kept it. For Israel, every feast they kept was also an appointed time.
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Cross-References
Isaac born according to the promise — we are children of the promise
“Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.”
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