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Isaac

Person c. 1895 BC – 1715 BC Chronological estimate ⓘ Open in tree

son of Abraham and Sarah (GEN 17:21)

Lineage: God › Adam › Seth › Enos › Cainan › Mahalaleel › Jared › Enoch › Methuselah › Lamech › Noah › Shem › Arphaxad › Cainan › Salah › Eber › Peleg › Reu › Serug › Nahor › Terah › Abraham › Isaac

Names
  • en Isaac
    laughter
  • en Isaac · Also called · H3327 G2464 · GEN 17:19
    he laughs
  • he יִצְחָ֑ק yitsəchoq · H3327 · GEN 17:19
    he laughs
  • he יִצְחָק · H3327
  • he יִשְׂחָק · H3446
  • el Ισαακ Isaak · G2464 · GEN 17:19
  • el Ἰσαάκ · G2464
  • bg Исаак
Birth
Gen 21:5
Death
Gen 35:28
Mentioned in (124)
Gen 17:19 Gen 17:21 Gen 21:3 Gen 21:4 Gen 21:5 Gen 21:8 Gen 21:10 Gen 21:12 Gen 22:2 Gen 22:3 Gen 22:6 Gen 22:7 Gen 22:9 Gen 24:4 Gen 24:14 Gen 24:62 Gen 24:63 Gen 24:64 Gen 24:66 Gen 24:67 Gen 25:5 Gen 25:6 Gen 25:9 Gen 25:11 Gen 25:19 Gen 25:20 Gen 25:21 Gen 25:26 Gen 25:28 Gen 26:1 Gen 26:6 Gen 26:8 Gen 26:9 Gen 26:12 Gen 26:16 Gen 26:17 Gen 26:18 Gen 26:19 Gen 26:20 Gen 26:25 Gen 26:27 Gen 26:31 Gen 26:32 Gen 26:35 Gen 27:1 Gen 27:2 Gen 27:5 Gen 27:20 Gen 27:21 Gen 27:22 Gen 27:26 Gen 27:30 Gen 27:32 Gen 27:33 Gen 27:37 Gen 27:39 Gen 27:46 Gen 28:1 Gen 28:5 Gen 28:6 Gen 28:8 Gen 28:13 Gen 31:18 Gen 31:42 Gen 31:53 Gen 32:9 Gen 35:12 Gen 35:27 Gen 35:28 Gen 35:29 Gen 46:1 Gen 48:15 Gen 48:16 Gen 49:31 Gen 50:24 Exod 2:24 Exod 3:6 Exod 3:15 Exod 3:16 Exod 4:5 Exod 6:3 Exod 6:8 Exod 32:13 Exod 33:1 Lev 26:42 Num 32:11 Deut 1:8 Deut 6:10 Deut 9:5 Deut 9:27 Deut 29:13 Deut 30:20 Deut 34:4 Josh 24:3 Josh 24:4 1 Kgs 18:36 2 Kgs 13:23 1 Chr 1:28 1 Chr 1:34 1 Chr 16:16 1 Chr 29:18 2 Chr 30:6 Ps 105:9 Jer 33:26 Amos 7:9 Amos 7:16 Matt 1:2 Matt 8:11 Matt 22:32 Mark 12:26 Luke 3:34 Luke 13:28 Luke 20:37 Acts 3:13 Acts 7:8 Acts 7:32 Rom 9:7 Rom 9:10 Gal 4:28 Heb 11:9 Heb 11:17 Heb 11:18 Heb 11:20 Jas 2:21

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Age · 180

Explicitly stated · Age explicitly stated in the Bible text.

GEN 35:28

Source calculation and assumptions

The year of Isaac_1's birth is the year his father, Abram_1, was born (2010) + the age of his father at Isaac_1's birth (100) = 2110

The year of Isaac_1's death is the year he was born (2110) + his age at death (180) = 2290

Dates and sources (14)

Absolute years are conditional chronological estimates. A biblical passage may state an age or event, but does not by itself establish a BCE year. Different calendar systems are preserved separately.

Family of origin
Family with Rebekah
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Isaac blesses Jacob.
Isaac blesses Jacob. · Gustave Doré · Public domain · Official source · AI-assisted caption
Isaac blesses Jacob.
Isaac blesses Jacob. · File:Isaac blessing Jacob.png · Public domain · Official source · AI-assisted caption
Isaac Summary STEPBible TIPNR

Isaac was the son of Abraham and Sarah, and the father of Jacob and Esau. God made a covenant with him, renewing the promises given to Abraham.

Isaac Article STEPBible TIPNR

Isaac was the long-promised son born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age, as recorded in Genesis. He was the child of the covenant, through whom God had promised to fulfill his purposes for Abraham's descendants (Gen.17.19,21). Isaac was circumcised on the eighth day (Gen 21:4) and grew up as Abraham's heir.

When he was a youth, God tested Abraham by commanding him to offer Isaac as a sacrifice (Gen.22). Abraham obeyed, but at the last moment God provided a ram as a substitute. This event foreshadowed God's provision of his own Son as the ultimate sacrifice.

Isaac married Rebekah, and they had twin sons, Esau and Israel (or 'Jacob') (Gen 25:21-26). Isaac favored Esau, while Rebekah favored Jacob, leading to family conflict. Jacob deceived Isaac into giving him the firstborn blessing (Gen.27).

Isaac settled in Gerar, where God confirmed to him the covenant promises (Gen 26:1-5). Like his father, he passed off his wife as his sister out of fear (Gen 26:7-11). He reopened Abraham's wells and dug new ones, showing his claim to the land.

Isaac died at the age of 180 and was buried by his sons (Gen 35:29). God is identified as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, linking Isaac to the patriarchal promises (Exo 3:6). The New Testament upholds Isaac as an example of faith (Heb 11:20) and miraculous birth (Gal 4:28-29).

Isaac 1 Dictionary Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

The only son of Abraham by Sarah. He was the longest lived of the three patriarchs (Gen. 21:1-3). He was circumcised when eight days old (4-7); and when he was probably two years old a great feast was held in connection with his being weaned.

The next memorable event in his life is that connected with the command of God given to Abraham to offer him up as a sacrifice on a mountain in the land of Moriah (Gen. 22). When he was forty years of age Rebekah was chosen for his wife (Gen. 24). After the death and burial of his father he took up his residence at Beer-lahai-roi (25:7-11), where his two sons, Esau and Jacob, were born (21-26), the former of whom seems to have been his favourite son (27, 28).

In consequence of a famine (Gen. 26:1) Isaac went to Gerar, where he practised deception as to his relation to Rebekah, imitating the conduct of his father in Egypt (12:12-20) and in Gerar (20:2). The Philistine king rebuked him for his prevarication.

After sojourning for some time in the land of the Philistines, he returned to Beersheba, where God gave him fresh assurance of covenant blessing, and where Abimelech entered into a covenant of peace with him.

The next chief event in his life was the blessing of his sons (Gen. 27:1). He died at Mamre, “being old and full of days” (35:27-29), one hundred and eighty years old, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah.

In the New Testament reference is made to his having been “offered up” by his father (Heb. 11:17; James 2:21), and to his blessing his sons (Heb. 11:20). As the child of promise, he is contrasted with Ishmael (Rom. 9:7, 10; Gal. 4:28; Heb. 11:18).

Isaac is “at once a counterpart of his father in simple devoutness and purity of life, and a contrast in his passive weakness of character, which in part, at least, may have sprung from his relations to his mother and wife. After the expulsion of Ishmael and Hagar, Isaac had no competitor, and grew up in the shade of Sarah’s tent, moulded into feminine softness by habitual submission to her strong, loving will.” His life was so quiet and uneventful that it was spent “within the circle of a few miles; so guileless that he let Jacob overreach him rather than disbelieve his assurance; so tender that his mother’s death was the poignant sorrow of years; so patient and gentle that peace with his neighbours was dearer than even such a coveted possession as a well of living water dug by his own men; so grandly obedient that he put his life at his father’s disposal; so firm in his reliance on God that his greatest concern through life was to honour the divine promise given to his race.”, Geikie’s Hours, etc.

Sources: BibleData (CC BY 4.0, Isaac_1) · STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Isaac@Gen.17.19-Jas) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, isaac_616)

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