How old were Sarah and Abraham when Isaac was born?

Answer 1

Sarah was 90 years old when Isaac was born, while Abraham was 100 years old. The birth of Isaac was considered miraculous due to Sarah's advanced age and previous infertility. This event is significant in The Bible as it fulfills God's promise to Abraham of having descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Answer 2

A:According to biblical tradition, Abraham was the first of the patriarchs, followed by his son Isaac and then Jacob. Genesis 17:17 says that Sarah was 90 years old when God said to Abraham that she would conceive and bear a son. Abraham was exactly 100 years old when Isaac was born. Isaac, in turn, was exactly 60 years old when Jacob and Esau were born.

These seem improbable ages for them to have their sons, not only because of their extreme ages but because they are such nice, round numbers, implying that Abraham was not really a hundred years old. This can be attributed to the need for the tradents who passed these stories down orally into the first millennium BCE to remember so much detail. They needed names that prompted them as to the related storyline (Abraham - "Father of many") and numbers that were easy to remember.

Answer 3

In Genesis 17:17 we learn that Abraham is 10 years older than Sarah his wife. In Genesis 21:5 we are told that Abraham is 100 years old when Isaac is born. That would mean that Sarah is 90 years old when Isaac is born.

Answer 4

A:Abraham was the first of the patriarchs, followed by his son Isaac and then Jacob.

Genesis 17:17 says that Sarah was 90 years old when God said to Abraham that she would conceive and bear a son. On this account, she would have been perhaps 90 or 91 when Isaac was born.

Abraham was a hundred years old when God made this promise, and still 100 years old when Isaac was born.

These seem improbable ages for them to have a son, and with good reason. The Book of Genesis is noteworthy for attributing to people ages - like 90 and 100 - that are easy to remember for oral story-telling, or which are based on the number 17. If we look at the lifespans of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Bible says that:

1. Abraham lived to 175 (5 X 5 X 7)
2. Isaac lived to 180 (6 X 6 X 5)
3. Jacob lived to 147 (7 X 7 X 3)

• Each lifespan involves a perfect square (5, 6, then 7 in a numeric series),
• the third factor also forms a series (7, 5, 3)
• in each case the sum of the factors is 17.

If we look at the lifespan of Sarah, we find that Genesis says she lived to 127 years, which is the sum of these consecutive square numbers plus 17 (127 = 52 +62 + 72 + 17).

These ages are so well-contrived that we should accept that even if Abraham and Sarah were real, historical people, they would not have lived to these great ages, nor would they have had a child at exactly 100 and 90 years old, respectively.

Answer 5

A:Genesis 17:17 says that Sarah gave birth to Isaac at the astonishing age of 90 years and Genesis also says that she lived to 127 years old. So it would seem that Isaac was about 37 years old when Sarah died. Even with information derived from biblical sources, it is worthwhile checking our facts carefully. The Book of Genesis is noteworthy for attributing to people ages - like 90 and 100 - that are easy to remember for oral story-telling, or which are based on the number 17. If we look at the lifespans of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Bible says that:

1. Abraham lived to 175 (5 X 5 X 7)
2. Isaac lived to 180 (6 X 6 X 5)
3. Jacob lived to 147 (7 X 7 X 3)

• Each lifespan involves a perfect square (5, 6, then 7 in a numeric series),
• The third factor also forms a series (7, 5, 3)
• in each case the sum of the factors is 17.

If we look at the lifespan of Sarah, which Genesis says was 127 years, this is the sum of these consecutive square numbers plus 17 (127 = 52 +62 + 72 + 17).

These ages are so well-contrived that we should accept that even if Sarah and Isaac were real, historical people, we can not simply accept that Isaac was born when Sarah was 90 years old or that Sarah lived to 127 years. We can not say how old Isaac was when Sarah died.

Answer 6

Abraham was the first of the biblical patriarchs, followed by his son Isaac and then Jacob. Genesis says that Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born and Sarah was 90.

These seem improbable ages for them to have a son, and with good reason. The Book of Genesis is noteworthy for attributing to people ages - like 100 and 90 - that are easy to remember for oral story-telling, or which are based on the number 17. If we look at the lifespans of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Bible says that:

1. Abraham lived to 175 (5 X 5 X 7)
2. Isaac lived to 180 (6 X 6 X 5)
3. Jacob lived to 147 (7 X 7 X 3)

• Each lifespan involves a perfect square (5, 6, then 7 in a numeric series),
• the third factor also forms a series (7, 5, 3)
• in each case the sum of the factors is 17.

Genesis says Sarah lived to 127 years, which is the sum of these consecutive square numbers plus 17 (127 = 52 +62 + 72 + 17).

These ages are so well-contrived that we should accept that even if Abraham and Sarah were real, historical people, they would not have lived to these great ages, nor would Abraham have had a child at exactly 100 years old.

Answer 7

As stated explicitly, Abraham was in his one-hundredth year (Genesis 21:5). See also:

Was Abraham real?

Reliability of the Hebrew record

Lifespans of the ancients

Answer 8

Sarah was 90 when Isaac was born. Abraham was 100.

(Genesis 17:15-21)(Genesis 21:1-3)
Sarah was ninety years when the angel told her she would have a baby.

Answer 9

Sarah was 90 years old and Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.

Answer 10

Sarah was 90 years old, when the angel told her that she would have a baby.Long past her time.