Questions tagged [isaac]
The second son of Abraham and the father of Jacob and Esau
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Age of Isaac When Abraham Offered Him as a Sacrifice?
I would like to know, if possible, at least the approximate age of Isaac when Abraham offered him as a sacrifice to God. Based on Abraham's advanced age, it would seem that Isaac did not resist in ...
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Are there teachings of the Catholic Church on the similarity between Christ and the ram that Abraham sacrificed?
We see in Gen 22:13 how Abraham saw a ram caught by the horn in a thicket and sacrificed it in lieu of Isaac. Coming over to New Testament we see Jesus being made to wear a crown of thorns. It is ...
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If Abraham killed Isaac, would that be a sin? [closed]
I know that Abraham came before Moses, and so there were no Ten Commandments yet. However, if Abraham killed Isaac out of obedience to God, would that be considered a sin in any way? I feel like the ...
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What is the oldest copy of Genesis 26, and is there a place to see a side-by-side translation? thanks
What is the oldest copy of Genesis 26, and is there a place to see a side-by-side translation? thank you!
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Why did God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac? [closed]
Did he really sacrifice him, or when he was about to sacrifice him, did God put a lamb in his place?
Isaac died a sacrificial death?
Genesis 22 (NIV)
1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to ...
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How do 'soul sleep' adherents explain Mark 12:27, "He is not the God of the dead, but of the living."?
Mark 12:26-27 (also see Matthew 22:32, Luke 20:38) is
"But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning
bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham,
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Scriptural/theological reasoning for renaming: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [closed]
I understand the significance of God's renaming. But I wonder if anyone has done any research as to why the writers of scripture (and consequently, Jews and Christians today) refer to AbraHAM (...
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In what way was Isaac's blessing on Jacob manifested?
In Genesis 27, when elderly Isaac thought he was blessing his son Esau, but he was actually blessing his son Jacob through the deceit of Jacob's mother, he said to Jacob:
See, the smell of my son ...
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Why did a loving God ask Abraham to kill his own son? [closed]
An agnostic asked me why did a loving God ask Abraham to kill his own son?
I told him it was a test from God. Did answer him correctly? I did not say anymore
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Why was it important that Isaac's wife be from within Abraham's family?
In Genesis 24, Abraham tells his servant to go back to his homeland and find a wife for Isaac from Abraham's country and Abraham's relatives.
First of all, I suppose I can understand why Isaac was ...
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