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Isaac

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Name meaning

"he laughs" · Hebrew

"God hath made me to laugh" (Genesis 21:6).

About

Son of Abraham and Sarah, miraculously born when Sarah was well past child-bearing age. His name means 'he laughs.' He was nearly sacrificed by his father as a test of faith but God provided a ram as a substitute. He married Rebekah and fathered the twins Jacob and Esau. He renewed the covenant God made with Abraham.

Relationships
FatherAbrahamFather
MotherSarahMother
BrotherIshmaelHalf-brother by Hagar
SpouseRebekahWife
SonJacobSon, renamed Israel
SonEsauSon, Jacob's twin
Key Scripture AppearancesKJV
Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.Genesis 21:3, KJV
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.Genesis 22:9, KJV
Genesis 26:1
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.Genesis 26:1, KJV
Genesis 35:27
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.Genesis 35:27, KJV
Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,Hebrews 11:17, KJV

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