Isaac
son of Abraham and Sarah (GEN 17:21)
Personmale108 verses
Names
- Isaac — יִצְחָ֑ק yitsəchoq “he laughs” (H3327) · Ισαακ Isaak (G2464) — given by God — Genesis 17:19
Family
- father of Esau (inferred)
- father of Jacob (second-born son of Isaac) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Isaac — 2,110 AH · 1,896 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Genesis 21:5
- Beginning of the 400 years of oppression — 2,115 AH · 1,891 BC (Ussher) — Genesis 15:13
- Sacrifice of Isaac* — 2,147 AH · 1,871 BC (Ussher) · aged 37 — Genesis 22:2
- Isaac married Rebekah — 2,150 AH · 1,856 BC (Ussher) · aged 40 — Genesis 25:20
- G-d makes a covenant with Isaac* — 2,195 AH · 1,804 BC (Ussher) · aged 85 — Genesis 26:3
- Death of Isaac — 2,290 AH · 1,716 BC (Ussher) · aged 180 — Genesis 35:28
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Canaan — 5 shared verses
- Egypt — 5 shared verses
- Paddan-aram — 4 shared verses
- Gerar — 3 shared verses
- Beer-lahai-roi — 2 shared verses
- Mamre — 2 shared verses
- Negeb — 2 shared verses
- Valley of Gerar — 2 shared verses
- Beersheba 2 — 1 shared verse
- East — 1 shared verse
- Esek — 1 shared verse
- Euphrates — 1 shared verse
and 4 further places named alongside this person.
Appearances
- Genesis 17:19
- Genesis 17:21
- Genesis 21:3
- Genesis 21:4
- Genesis 21:5
- Genesis 21:8
- Genesis 21:10
- Genesis 21:12
- Genesis 22:2
- Genesis 22:3
- Genesis 22:6
- Genesis 22:7
and 96 further references.
Topical references
- 1. The miraculous son of Abraham — Genesis 17:15; Genesis 18:1; Genesis 21:1; Joshua 24:3; 1 Chronicles 1:28; Galatians 4:28; Hebrews 11:11
- Ancestor of Jesus — Matthew 1:2
- Offered in sacrifice by his father — Genesis 22:1; Hebrews 11:17; James 2:21
- Is provided a wife from among his relatives — Genesis 24; Genesis 25:20
- Abrahamic covenant confirmed in — Genesis 26:2; 1 Chronicles 16:15
- Lives in the south country at the well called Lahai-roi — Genesis 24:62; Genesis 25:11
- With Ishmael, buries his father in the cave of Machpelah — Genesis 25:9
- Esau and Jacob born to — Genesis 25:19; 1 Chronicles 1:34; Joshua 24:4
- Lives in Gerar — Genesis 26:7
- Prospers — Genesis 26:12
- Possesses large flocks and herds — Genesis 26:14
- Digs wells, and is defrauded of them by the herdsmen of Abimelech — Genesis 26:15; Genesis 26:21
- Moves away to the valley of Gerar, afterward called Beer-sheba — Genesis 26:22
- His old age, last blessing upon his sons — Genesis 27:18
- Death and burial of — Genesis 35:27; Genesis 49:31
- His filial obedience — Genesis 22:9
- His peaceableness — Genesis 26:14
- Was a prophet — Genesis 27:28; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 27:38; Genesis 27:40; Hebrews 11:20
- His devoutness — Genesis 24:63; Genesis 25:21; Genesis 26:25; Matthew 8:11; Luke 13:28
- Prophecies concerning — Genesis 17:16; Genesis 18:10; Genesis 21:12; Genesis 26:2; Genesis 26:24; Exodus 32:13; 1 Chronicles 16:16; Romans 9:7
- 2. A designation of the ten tribes — Amos 7:9
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.