God feels there is a lot in a name. The first time I read the New Testament, I started in the Book of Matthew and was greeted with a barrage of names of people who begot other people. Little did I realize that the genealogy in Matthew was written with Jewish people in mind. The Messiah had to meet a certain required pedigree, and the only way to verify His identity was to check His claims against the genealogical list in the Temple. Once again, there is a lot in a name .
Names can tell a story.
Isaac means laughter because both Abraham and Sarah laughed when they were told they would become parents in their advanced age. A year later, Laughter was born, and from then on, every time they called him by name they were reminded of the miracle God had performed in their lives. I must say that that passage in Genesis came alive for me when, in January 1984, I took my wife Alice to have an ultrasound. Alice cried and I laughed. We didn't name either one Isaac.