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Isaac in this illumation from a 14th century Icelandic manuscript. Isaac or Yitzhak ( יִצְחָק "He will laugh.", Standard Hebrew Yiẓḥaq , Tiberian Hebrew Yiṣḥāq ; Arabic اسحاق ʾIsḥāq ) is a biblical patriarch, the son and heir of Abraham and the father of Jacob and Esau . His story is told in the Book of Genesis . Isaac was so called because when his mother, Sarah , overheard that she would bear a child in her old age, she laughed (Genesis 18:10-15, 21:6-7). Some commentators believe that in the Book of Amos there is some suggestion that Israel may be another name for Isaac (Amos 7:9, 16) but it is far more common to take Israel to mean only Isaac's son Jacob (Genesis 32:22-28, especially 28). Isaac was the only son of Abraham by Sarah .¹ He was the longest lived of the three patriarchs (Genesis 21:1-3).² Isaac was circumcised by his father when eight days old (Genesis 4-7); and a great feast was held in connection with his being weaned. The next memorable event in his life is that connected with the story of God testing Abraham by asking him to offer Isaac as a sacrifice on a mountain in the land of Moriah (Genesis 22). The story also appears in the Qur'an except Islam asserts that Ishmael was the one to be sacrificed, not Isaac (see Similarities between the Bible and the Qur'an ). When he was forty years of age Rebekah was chosen for his wife (Genesis 24). After the death and burial of his father, he took up his residence at Beer-lahai-roi (Genesis 25:7-11), where his twin sons, Esau and Jacob , were born (Genesis 21-26), the former of whom seems to have been his favorite son (Genesis 27, 28). Due to a famine (Genesis 26:1) Isaac went to Gerar . In order to avoid being killed, he lied about his relationship to Rebekah. This story recalls the twice-told story about Abraham's sojourn in Egypt (12:12-20) and in Gerar (20:2). The Philistine king rebuked Isaac for his disohonesty. After staying for some time in the land of the Philistines, he returned to Beersheba , where God gave him fresh assurance of covenant blessing, and where Abimelech entered into a covenant of peace with him. The next chief event in his life was the blessing of his sons (Genesis 27:1). He died at Mamre , "being old and full of days" (Genesis 35:27-29), 180 years old, and was buried in the Cave of Machpelah . In the New Testament , reference is made to his having been "offered up" by his father (Heb. 11:17; James 2:21), and to his blessing his sons (Heb. 11:20). As the child of promise, he is contrasted with Ishmael (Rom. 9:7, 10; Gal. 4:28; Heb. 11:18). Isaac is "at once a counterpart of his father in simple devoutness and purity of life, and a contrast in his passive weakness of character, which in part, at least, may have sprung from his relations to his mother and wife. After the expulsion of Ishmael and Hagar , Isaac had no competitor, and grew up in the shade of Sarah's tent, moulded into feminine softness by habitual submission to her strong, loving will." His life was so quiet and uneventful that it was spent "within the circle of a few miles; so guileless that he let Jacob overreach him rather than disbelieve his assurance; so tender that his mother's death was the poignant sorrow of years; so patient and gentle that peace with his neighbours was dearer than even such a coveted possession as a well of living water dug by his own men; so grandly obedient that he put his life at his father's disposal; so firm in his reliance on God that his greatest concern through life was to honour the divine promise given to his race.", Geikie's Hours, etc. Initial text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897 — Please update as needed Isaac is also a given name . In video games, Isaac is also the protagonist of the original Golden Sun Game Boy Advance game, developed by Camelot and published by Nintendo . Also in video games, Isaac is also the name of the northeasternmost country in the continent of Jugdral in the Fire Emblem series, more specifically Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu . It is pronounced "iz-AHK" in the game. It is the home of some of the most popular Fire Emblem characters, such as Ayra , Holyn, Shanan, Lakche, and Skasaher.³

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Isaac embraces his father Abraham after the Binding of Isaac , early 1900s Bible illustration Isaac ( ; Hebrew : יִצְחָק , Modern : Yitsẖak , Tiberian : Yiṣḥāq , "he will laugh"; , Yitskhok ; , Isaak ; ; or إسحاق ʼIsḥāq ) as described in the Hebrew Bible , was the only son Abraham had with his wife Sarah , and was the father of Jacob and Esau . Isaac is one of the three patriarchs of the Jewish people . According to the Book of Genesis , Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born, and Sarah was beyond childbearing years. Isaac was the only Biblical patriarch whose name was not changed, and the only one who did not leave Canaan . Compared to those of Abraham and Jacob, Isaac's story relates fewer incidents of his life. He died when he was 180 years old, making him the longest-lived patriarch. The New Testament contains several references to Isaac. The early Christian church viewed Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to sacrifice Isaac as an example of faith and obedience. Islam considers Ishaq (Isaac) as a prophet of Islam which describes Isaac as the father of the Israelites and a righteous servant of God . Some academic scholars have described Isaac as "a legendary figure", while others view him as "a figure representing tribal history, though as a historical individual" or as "a seminomadic leader".

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Isaac ( / ˈ aɪ z ə k / ; Hebrew : יִצְחָק , Modern : Yitskhak , Tiberian : Yiṣḥāq , ISO 259-3 Yiçḥaq , "[he] will laugh"; Isaak ; or إسحٰق ʼIsḥāq ) as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an , was the second son of Abraham , the only son Abraham had with his wife Sarah , and the father of Jacob and Esau . According to the Book of Genesis , Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born, and Sarah was past 90. According to the Genesis narrative, Abraham brought Isaac to Mount Moriah , where, at God's command, Abraham built a sacrificial altar to sacrifice Isaac . At the last moment an angel stopped him. This event served as a test of Abraham's faith. Isaac was one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites . Isaac was the only biblical patriarch whose name was not changed, and the only one who did not move out of Canaan . Compared to those of Abraham and Jacob, Isaac's story relates fewer incidents of his life. He died when he was 180 years old, making him the longest-lived of the three.

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Biblical patriarch For the name, see Isaac (name) . Fictional character Isaac is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and is an important figure in the Abrahamic religions , including Judaism , Christianity , and Islam . He was the son of Abraham and Sarah , the father of Jacob , and the grandfather of the twelve tribes of Israel . Isaac's name means "he will laugh", reflecting the laughter, in disbelief, of Abraham and Sarah, when told by God that they would have a child. He is the only patriarch whose name was not changed, and the only one who did not move out of Canaan . According to the narrative, he died aged 180, the longest-lived of the three patriarchs. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

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Biblical patriarch, son of Abraham and Sarah For the name, see Isaac (name) . Isaac is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions , including Judaism , Christianity , and Islam . He was the son of Abraham and Sarah , the father of Jacob and Esau , and the grandfather of the twelve tribes of Israel . Isaac's name means "he will laugh", reflecting the laughter, in disbelief, of Abraham and Sarah, when told by God that they would have a child. He is the only patriarch whose name was not changed, and the only one who did not move out of Canaan . According to the narrative, he died aged 180, the longest-lived of the three patriarchs. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

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Biblical patriarch, son of Abraham and Sarah For the name, see Isaac (name) . Isaac ( / ˈ aɪ z ə k / EYE -zək ; Biblical Hebrew : יִצְחָק ‎ , romanized: Yīṣḥāq ; Ancient Greek : Ἰσαάκ , romanized : Isaák ; Arabic : إسحٰق/إسحاق , romanized : Isḥāq ; Classical Syriac : ܐܝܨܚܩ , romanized: Iṣḥāq ; Amharic : ይስሐቅ ) is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions , including Judaism , Christianity , Islam , and the Baháʼí Faith . Isaac first appears in the Torah , in which he is the son of Abraham and Sarah , the father of Jacob and Esau , and the grandfather of the twelve tribes of Israel . Isaac's name means "he will laugh", reflecting the laughter, in disbelief, of Abraham and Sarah, when told by God that they would have a child. He is the only patriarch whose name was not changed, and the only one who did not move out of Canaan . According to the narrative, he died aged 180, the longest-lived of the three patriarchs. Recent scholarship has discussed the possibility that Isaac could have originally been an ancestor from the Beersheba region who was venerated at a sanctuary . Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception . Isaac was therefore an ancestor from the area around Beer-sheba. There was probably a sanctuary in which this ancestor was commemorated (as also hinted to by Gen 46:1). "Comments on the Historical Background of the Abraham Narrative: Between "Realia" and "Exegetica" " .

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