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.

Jacob, the deceiver, became Israel, the one who would bring forth the 12 tribes of the great nation of Israel. ... “I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,” he echoes through the ages.

Indeed, Isaac seems to fade after the sacrifice, with his life story told in just one chapter, compared to more than a dozen chapters for both Abraham and Jacob. Worse yet, Isaac’s chapter “is ...

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 ...