Also known as: Yitzhak
The child of promise and second patriarch of Israel. The near-sacrifice of Isaac is one of the Bible's most powerful foreshadowings of Christ.
The promised son of Abraham and Sarah, born miraculously in their old age. Isaac was nearly sacrificed by his father on Mount Moriah but was spared by God, who provided a ram as a substitute.
The child of promise and second patriarch of Israel. The near-sacrifice of Isaac is one of the Bible's most powerful foreshadowings of Christ.
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