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Abraham and Isaac
How Abraham and Isaac are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Abraham was a parent of Isaac.
Isaac was born when Abraham was an hundred years old. Later God told Abraham to offer his only son in the land of Moriah, and the angel of the Lord stopped his hand at the altar.
Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac
Genesis 21:3, King James Version
Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him
Genesis 21:5, King James Version
Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest
Genesis 22:2, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 22:1-13
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 21:3
3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:5
5And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Genesis 22:1-13
1And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9And 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.
10And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
King James Version