Genesis 21:5 (WEB)
Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.
Fathers and councils · 2
Athanasius of Alexandria
“…are generate, ‘To Job there came to be seven sons and three daughters,’ and, ‘Abraham was an hundred years old when there came to be to him Isaac his son;’ and Moses said, ‘If to any one there come to be sons.’” — editor's note: Gen. xxi. 5.
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Tertullian
“…God Himself as an adequate engager and faithful promiser, in that He promised to Abraham that “in his seed should be blest all nations of the earth;” and that out of the womb of Rebecca “two peoples and two nations were about to proceed,”—of course those of the Jews, that is, of Israel; and of the Gentiles, that is…” — editor's note: This promise may be said to have been given “to Abraham,” because (of course) he was still living at the time; as we see by comparing Gen. xxi. 5 with xxv. 7…
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