(Gen. 22:2, NKJV throughout.) The story continues: "So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood ...

What is prefigured in Isaac happens in Jesus. If you reject Abraham’s obedience ... while the green denotes hope. The obedient donkey (a relative of a future Palm Sunday one?) ...

Indeed, Abraham’s acts resulted in Isaac’s torment ... Here, however, he rises early to saddle his donkey and be on his way to sacrifice his favorite son. Not only does he proceed with ...

One fine day, Abraham wakes up early in the morning, saddles his donkey, takes two of his servants along with Isaac, splits wood for a burnt offering, and embarks on a journey to Mount Moriah.

So early next morning, Abraham saddled his donkey and took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and he set out for the place of which God had ...

Judaism, Christianity and Islam are called Abrahamic faiths not only because Abraham was the first monotheist but because he was so famously devoted to God. His obedience was so strong that he was ...

Concluding Parashat Chayyei Sarah, the Torah records six sons whom Abraham begat in addition to Isaac and Ishmael ... wordפֶּרֶא to mean “wild donkey”, hence the phrase פֶּרֶא ...

The sacrificed son was Ismael. The evidence for that is first, that Allah, the Almighty promised Abraham (PPBUH) and his wife that he could give them a son whose name was Isaac and that, that son ...

Among Israel’s great patriarchs — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — Isaac is something of a transitional figure. That doesn’t make him unimportant, but he is transitional. He’s important ...