Isaac

Definition

Isaac was the only son of Abraham and Sarah. God had promised to give them a son even though they were very old.

• The name “Isaac” means “he laughs.” When God told Abraham that Sarah would give birth to a son, Abraham laughed because they were both very old. Some time later, Sarah also laughed when she heard this news.
• But God fulfilled his promise and Isaac was born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age.
• God told Abraham that the covenant he had made with Abraham would also be for Isaac and his descendants forever.
• When Isaac was a youth, God tested Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice Isaac.
• Isaac’s son Jacob had twelve sons whose descendants later became the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel.

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(See also: Abraham, descendant, eternity, fulfill, Jacob, Sarah, twelve tribes of Israel)

Bible References

• Galatians 4:28-29
• Genesis 25:9-11
• Genesis 25:19
• Genesis 26:1
• Genesis 26:8
• Genesis 28:1-2
• Genesis 31:18
• Matthew 8:11-13
• Matthew 22:32

Examples from the Bible stories

• __5:4 “Your wife, Sarai, will have a son—he will be the son of promise. Name him Isaac__.”
• __5:6 When Isaac was a young man, God tested Abraham’s faith by saying, “Take Isaac__, your only son, and kill him as a sacrifice to me.”
• __5:9 God had provided the ram to be the sacrifice instead of Isaac__.
• __6:1 When Abraham was very old and his son, Isaac, had grown to be a man, Abraham sent one of his servants back to the land where his relatives lived to find a wife for his son, Isaac.__
• __6:5 Isaac__ prayed for Rebekah, and God allowed her to get pregnant with twins.
• __7:10 Then Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him. The covenant promises God had promised to Abraham and then to Isaac__ now passed on to Jacob.

Word Data

• Strong’s: H3327, H3446, G24640