Isaac's Name means "Laughter" WHY?
he Inherited his Mother perception to see humor in unusual circumstances.
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Hebrew #3327-- Isaac = "he laughs"
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son of Abraham by Sarah his wife and father of Jacob and Esau
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Genesis 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Genesis 18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, ...
Genesis 18:9 And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
Genesis 18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him.
Genesis 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age; [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Genesis 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Genesis 18:13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Genesis 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Genesis 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
Genesis 18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/gen/18/1/s_18001
One Verse, or so...definitions started posting Nov.16,2020 GJ
Hebrews 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Comment: The Three Man that visited Abraham and Sarah were in the area for two-fold reason. The first Reason was to bring Abraham and Sara good tidings about Sara giving birth to Isaac according to the time of Life.
Second reason: From there, to continue their Journey to Sodom.
Abraham and Sara did entertained 3 Angels unawares.
Note: I haven't made time to do a Time-Line on when Isaac's Birth was, or Sodom's supposed Destruction Year was....If You know one of them, You'll know the Other.
Josuah 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, [Art] thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Josuah 5:14 And he said, Nay; but [as] captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
Josuah 5:15 And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy. And Joshua did so.