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 ...

In the sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham called G^d’s bluff ... but she was three years old and family. Stringencies can disrupt. Jacob needed to be deceitful to his deceitful brother.

In 28:4, Isaac asked God to give Jacob the “blessing of Abraham.” What was this blessing of Abraham? Several commentaries express that Jacob would be the heir who gets the the blessings that ...

Clockwise Top L-R: Sarah Leading Hagar to Abraham. ‘Isaac Blessing Jacob’.Old Testament ... Rachel makes the ultimate sacrifice to complete their family. Between them, the sisters bore ...