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Isaac ben Abraham the Semite

Isaac ben Abraham the Semite[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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  • Name Isaac ben Abraham the Semite  
    Born 3435 AM  Canaan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3615 AM 
    Notes 
    • «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps31/ps31_258.htm
      «/b»

      event
      ·His birth was ordained by the Lord, who told Abraham "... thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him." (1)
      event
      ·the son of Abraham and his first wife, Sarah (1)
      event
      ·forty (40) years old when he took Rebekah as wife (1)
      event
      ·intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived (1)
      event
      ·threescore years old (60) when his wife bore the twins Jacob and Esau (1)
      event
      in Mamre, near Hebron, Palestine.
      ·He was a hundred and fourscore years (180) when he "gave up the ghost, and died." (1,2)

      «b»http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/luke3.html#23«/b»
      Luke 3:34

      «b»Isaac
      «/b»Meaning: laughter.
      This was the name of a biblical man and a place (named after him). His name appears 128 times in Scripture.
      Isaac was the only son of «u»Abraham «/u» by «u»Sarah «/u». He was the longest lived of the three «u»patriarchs «/u» («u»Gen. 21:1-3 «/u»). He was «u»circumcised «/u» when eight days old (4-7); and when he was probably two years old a great feast was held in connection with his being weaned.
      The next memorable event in his life is that connected with the command of God given to Abraham to offer him up as a «u»sacrifice «/u» on a mountain in the land of «u»Moriah «/u» («u»Gen. 22 «/u»). (See «u»Abraham «/u».)
      When he was forty years of age «u»Rebekah «/u» was chosen for his wife («u»Gen. 24 «/u»).
      After the death and «u»burial «/u» of his «u»father «/u» he took up his residence at «u»Beer-lahai-roi «/u» («u»25:7-11 «/u»), where his two sons, «u»Esau «/u» and «u»Jacob «/u», were born («u»21-26 «/u»), the former of whom seems to have been his favorite son («u»27,28 «/u»).
      Because of a «u»famine «/u» («u»Gen. 26:1 «/u», Isaac went to «u»Gerar «/u», where he lied about his relation to Rebekah, imitating the conduct of his father in «u»Egypt «/u» («u»12:12-20 «/u») and in «u»Gerar «/u» («u»20:2 «/u»). The «u»Philistine «/u» king rebuked him for his prevarication.
      After sojourning for some time in the land of the Philistines, he returned to «u»Beersheba «/u», where God gave him fresh «u»assurance «/u» of «u»covenant «/u» «u»blessing «/u», and where «u»Abimelech «/u» entered into a covenant of peace with him.
      The next chief event in his life was the blessing of his sons («u»Gen. 27:1 «/u»). He died at «u»Mamre «/u», "being old and full of days" («u»35:27-29 «/u»), 180 years old, and was buried in the «u»cave «/u» of «u»Machpelah «/u».
      In the «u»New Testament «/u», reference is made to his having been "offered up" by his father («u»Hebrews 11:17 «/u»; «u»James 2:21 «/u»), and to his blessing his sons («u»Hebrews 11:20 «/u»). As the child of promise, he is contrasted with «u»Ishmael «/u» («u»Rom. 9:7,10 «/u»; «u»Gal. 4:28 «/u»; «u»Hebrews 11:18 «/u»).
      Isaac is…
      "at once a counterpart of his father in simple devoutness and purity of life, and a contrast in his passive weakness of character, which in part, at least, may have sprung from his relations to his mother and wife. After the expulsion of «u»Ishmael «/u» and «u»Hagar «/u», Isaac had no competitor, and grew up in the shade of «u»Sarah's «/u» tent, moulded into feminine softness by habitual submission to her strong, loving will."
      His life was so quiet and uneventful that it was spent…
      "within the circle of a few miles;
      so guileless that he let «u»Jacob «/u» overreach him rather than disbelieve his «u»assurance «/u»;
      so tender that his «u»mother's «/u» death was the poignant sorrow of years;
      so patient and gentle that peace with his neighbors was dearer than even such a coveted possession as a «u»well «/u» of living water dug by his own men;
      so grandly obedient that he put his life at his father's disposal;
      so firm in his reliance on God that his greatest concern through life was to honor the divine promise given to his race." (Geikie's «i»Hours«/i», etc.)
      http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/isaac.html

      «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps31/ps31_258.htm«/b»

      event
      ·His birth was ordained by the Lord, who told Abraham "... thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him." (1)
      event
      ·the son of Abraham and his first wife, Sarah (1)
      event
      ·forty (40) years old when he took Rebekah as wife (1)
      event
      ·intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived (1)
      event
      ·threescore years old (60) when his wife bore the twins Jacob and Esau (1)
      event
      in Mamre, near Hebron, Palestine.
      ·He was a hundred and fourscore years (180) when he "gave up the ghost, and died." (1,2)
      «b»
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac


      Isaac«/b» («u»Hebrew «/u»: , «u»Modern «/u» «i»Yitzchaq«/i» «u»Tiberian «/u» «i»Yi«/i», "he will laugh"; «u»Yiddish «/u»: , Yitzchok; «u»Greek «/u»: «u»Latin «/u»: «i»Isaac«/i»; «u»Arabic «/u»: or ; pronounced «u»/'a?zek/ «/u») as described in the «u»Hebrew Bible «/u», was the only son «u»Abraham «/u» had with his wife «u»Sarah «/u», and was the father of «u»Jacob «/u» and «u»Esau «/u». Isaac is regarded as one of the three «u»patriarchs «/u» of the «u»Jewish people «/u». According to the «u»Book of Genesis «/u», «u»Abraham «/u» was 100 years old when Isaac was born, and Sarah was beyond childbearing years.
      Isaac was the only Biblical patriarch whose name was not changed, and the only one who did not leave «u»Canaan «/u». Compared to those of Abraham and Jacob, Isaac's story relates fewer incidents of his life. He died when he was 180 years old, making him the longest-lived patriarch.
      The New Testament contains several references to Isaac. The «u»early Christian church «/u» viewed Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to «u»sacrifice Isaac «/u» as an example of faith and obedience. Muslims honor Ishaq (Isaac) as a «u»prophet of Islam «/u», and a few of the children of Isaac are mentioned in the «u»Qur'an «/u», which describes Isaac as the father of the «u»Israelites «/u» and a righteous «u»servant of God «/u». The Qur'an states that Isaac and his progeny are blessed as long as they uphold their covenant with God, a view that ceased to find support among Muslim scholars in later centuries.
      Some academic scholars have described Isaac as "a legendary figure", while others view him as "a figure representing tribal history, though as a historical individual" or as "a seminomadic leader".
      «b»
      Jewish traditions«/b»
      In rabbinical tradition the age of Isaac at the time of binding is taken to be 37 which contrasts with common portrayals of Isaac as a child.«u»[12]«/u» The «u»rabbis «/u» also thought that the reason for the death of «u»Sarah «/u» was the news of the intended sacrifice of Isaac. The sacrifice of Isaac was cited in appeals for the «u»mercy of God «/u» in the later «u»Jewish «/u» traditions. The post-Biblical Jewish interpretations often elaborate the role of Isaac beyond the Biblical description and largely focus on Abraham's intended sacrifice of Isaac, called the «u»aqedah «/u» ("binding"). According to a version of these interpretations, Isaac died in the sacrifice and was revived. According to many accounts of «u»Aggadah «/u», unlike the Bible, it is Satan who is testing Isaac and not God. Isaac's willingness to follow God's command at the cost of his death has been a model for many Jews who preferred «u»martyrdom «/u» to violation of the «u»Jewish law «/u».
      According to the Jewish tradition Isaac instituted the afternoon prayer. This tradition is based on «u»Genesis 24:63 «/u» ("Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide").
      Isaac was the only «u»patriarch «/u» who stayed in «u»Canaan «/u» during his whole life and though once he tried to leave, God told him not to do so («u»Genesis 26:2 «/u»). Rabbinic tradition gave the explanation that Isaac was almost sacrificed and anything dedicated as a sacrifice may not leave the «u»Land of Israel «/u». Isaac was the oldest of the Biblical patriarchs at the time of his death, and the only patriarch whose name was not changed.
      «u»Rabbinic literature «/u» also linked Isaac's blindness in old age, as stated in the Bible, to the sacrificial binding: Isaac's eyes went blind because the tears of angels present at the time of his sacrifice fell on Isaac's eyes.
    Person ID I5520  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 4 May 2015 

    Father Abraham (Ibrahim) (Avraham) ben Tarakr,   b. Abt 2052 B.C.,   d. Abt 1877 B.C. 
    Mother Sarah (Sarai),   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1756  Group Sheet

    Family Rebekah,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Jacob (Isreal) Ben Abraham, King of Goshen,   b. Abt 1892 B.C., Haran Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1745 B.C., Egypt Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2013 
    Family ID F1755  Group Sheet

  • Photos
    Isaac
    Isaac
    Isaac Blessing Jacob, painting by Govert Flinck (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)
    Family Tree Abraham
    Family Tree Abraham

  • Sources 
    1. [S421] Laurence Gardner, Bloodline of the Holy Grail.

    2. [S401] Albert F. Schmuhl The Royal Line.

    3. [S399] Stevens, Luke, Line of Adam.

    4. [S422] The Holy Bible, (Genesis, King James Version., 1611)., (Genesis, King James Version., 1611).

    5. [S428] http://www.ancestrees.com/pedigree/5057.htm.