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Isaac and Joseph (OT)
How Isaac and Joseph (OT) are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Isaac was an ancestor of Joseph (OT).
Joseph was Isaac's grandson through Jacob. When Jacob blessed Joseph and his sons, he asked that the name of "my fathers Abraham and Isaac" be named on the boys.
his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them
Genesis 25:26, King James Version
The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin
Genesis 46:19, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 48:15-16
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 25:26
26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
Genesis 46:19
19The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
Genesis 48:15-16
15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
King James Version