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    Isaac

    EYE-zak

    Meaning

    He laughs; Laughter

    Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Genesis

    What it points to

    Isaac represents the laughter of fulfilled promise — the joy that comes when God delivers what seemed impossible.

    Verses · King James Version

    “And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.”

    Genesis 21:3

    “By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac... Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called.”

    Hebrews 11:17-18

    Most used in the 2000s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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