In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...

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 ...

In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...

As with Abraham, the “child problem” continued with Isaac. In this case, it was parental favoritism: Esau by Isaac, Jacob by Rebekah. But divided parental sympathies also mirror divine plans ...

Isaac is the fulfillment of God’s promise, the long-awaited and almost-despaired-of biological heir and heir of the covenant. Now God asks Abraham to sacrifice him. For many people, God’s ...

God also said to Moses, “You must say this to the Israelites, Ehyeh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has sent me to you.

Abraham was kind, Isaac was straight, and Jacob was honest—who are we kidding? Dec 2, 2024, 7:11 AM Edit. Share. ... In the sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham called G^d’s bluff.

He then hears God — “the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac” — promising him and his descendants this land, that God would protect Jacob, and that “I will never leave you until I have done ...

An angel of God concludes after the binding of Isaac that various blessings come to Abraham “because you have hearkened to My voice”. These are logical qualifications.