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 ...

Jesus, the writers of the New Testament, and observant Jews never say the name of God. So why is saying it such a trend among ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...