Abraham gave the name Isaac[a](A) to the son Sarah bore him.

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  1. Genesis 21:3 Isaac means he laughs.

Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter,(A) and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

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13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’(A)

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10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named(A) him Moses,[a] saying, “I drew(B) him out of the water.”

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  1. Exodus 2:10 Moses sounds like the Hebrew for draw out.

and her two sons.(A) One son was named Gershom,[a] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;(B)

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  1. Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.

and the other was named Eliezer,[a](A) for he said, “My father’s God was my helper;(B) he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

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  1. Exodus 18:4 Eliezer means my God is helper.

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