Isaac in the Bible

Meaning: laughter

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But the truth is that they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. For that reason God is not ashamed [of them or] to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]; for He has prepared a city for them.

Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCityNames For HeavenHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityNot AshamedThirstZion, As A SymbolWhat Heaven Will Be LikeSaints, As PilgrimsCity Of GodA Place PreparedTaken To HeavenHe Is Our GodCitizensMoving To A New Place

For he considered [it reasonable to believe] that God was able to raise Isaac even from among the dead. [Indeed, in the sense that he was prepared to sacrifice Isaac in obedience to God] Abraham did receive him back [from the dead] figuratively speaking.

Verse ConceptsAtonement, Types OfForeshadowingAbility, God's PowerOld Testament ParablesThe Dead Are RaisedRaising ChildrenAbraham Believed Godaccounting

for you know that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: not being able to make Isaac to retract, though he importun'd him with tears.

Verse ConceptsCryingWeepingDelay, Examples OfGod Abandoning IndividualsMourning In RegretRejection

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Faith enabled Isaac to bequeath to Jacob and Esau blessings that were still to be.















nor are they all children of Abraham because they are descended from him, but he was told, "The line of Isaac will be called your descendants."







Now we, brothers, are like Isaac, children born in fulfilment of the promise.

Faith made even Sarah herself able to have a child, although she was past the time of life for it, because she thought, that he who had made the promise would keep it.


There you will weep and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are put outside.

And I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven,






Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God's promises was ready to sacrifice his only son,

Was not our forefather Abraham made upright for his good deeds, for offering his son Isaac on the altar?







Faith enabled Isaac to bequeath to Jacob and Esau blessings that were still to be.



















Faith enabled Isaac to bequeath to Jacob and Esau blessings that were still to be.





























Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac of Jacob, and Jacob of Judah and his brothers,



















For he believed that God was able to raise men even from the dead, and from the dead he did indeed, to speak figuratively, receive him back.












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