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Why does the Posuk seem to imply that Avraham named his son before the bris? First:
So he called his name Yitzchak, and then the next Posuk says:
and then they did the Bris (circumcision). Why is our Minhag to do the Bris and then name the child?
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I couldn't find the source of our Minhag to give the name only after the Bris and when it started, but I have an idea of why it is like this: In the case of Yitzchak the name was already known. Hashem gave it to the newborn even before there was a newborn, so there is no need to postpone it as we do today. | |||
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The reaoson we do not name children until the Bris is based on the fact that Hashem changed Avraham's name in conjunction with his Bris at age 99. In addition, a boy receives the total Neshama at the Bris, and a person cannot be name until attaining that completion. (See Zohar - Lech Lecha 93a, Ta'amei Minhagim 929) Perhaps, Avraham knew that Yitzchok received his total Neshama at birth and therefore named him immediately. | |||
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