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Who was Isaac in the Bible?

The Patriarchs · ~2100–1800 BCOld & New Testament🌳 In the line of Jesus

Son of promise to Abraham and Sarah

The long-awaited son of Abraham and Sarah, born to them in old age. He was carried up Mount Moriah in the great test of Abraham's faith, married Rebekah, and fathered Esau and Jacob.

🤯 What might Isaac have looked like?

A Semitic herdsman of the patriarchal age (roughly the early second millennium BC) — most likely olive-to-bronze skinned and bearded, dressed in a woven wool tunic and cloak for the semi-nomadic life of the Levant.

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Verses that mention Isaac

Genesis 17:19Genesis 17:21Genesis 21:3Genesis 21:4Genesis 21:5Genesis 21:8

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People & family data: Theographic Bible Metadata © Robert Rouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.