Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac.
Challoner: IsaacThis word signifies laughter.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vocavitque Abraham nomen filii sui, quem genuit ei Sara, Isaac :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀβραὰμ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ γενομένου αὐτῷ, ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ Σάρρα, Ἰσαάκ·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶֽת שֶׁם בְּנ֧וֹ הַנּֽוֹלַד ל֛וֹ אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לּ֥וֹ שָׂרָ֖ה יִצְחָֽק
Haydock's commentary
Isaac. This word signifies laughter; (Challoner) or "he shall laugh," and be the occasion of joy to many, as St. John the Baptist was, Luke i. 14; and thus Sara seems to explain it, ver. 6.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.