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Isaac
Isaac is a patriarch in the Book of Genesis, the son of promise born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age. He is best known for nearly being offered as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and he was the father of Jacob and Esau.
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- Isaac WattsPeople
Isaac Watts (1674–1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, and theologian. The author of about 750 hymns, he is known as the "Father of English Hymnody."
- The Burnt Offering on Mount MoriahBible
The event recorded in Genesis 22 in which Abraham, at God's command, prepared to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah, until God stopped him and provided a ram in Isaac's place.
- EsauPeople
Esau is the firstborn son of Isaac and Rebekah in the Book of Genesis and the elder twin brother of Jacob. He is best known for selling his birthright for a bowl of pottage, and Scripture records him as the ancestor of the Edomites.
- RebekahPeople
Rebekah is the wife of Isaac in the Book of Genesis and the mother of the twin brothers Esau and Jacob. A granddaughter of Nahor, Abraham's brother, she is the daughter of Bethuel and the sister of Laban.
- PatriarchBible
The patriarchs are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the founding ancestors of the people of Israel, together with Jacob's twelve sons. Their story is told in Genesis 12–50.
Verses in the King James Version 123, showing 6
- Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
- Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
- Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
- Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
- Genesis 21:5
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
- Genesis 21:8
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
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