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Bookmark or Share- The Binding or Sacrifice of Isaac - Biblical Archaeology SocietyIsaac, like Jesus, was miraculously conceived. (Sarah, Isaac’s mother, was 90 years old when she bore Isaac and had been barren all her life; Abraham was a hundred [Genesis 17:17].) Isaac was his father’s beloved son. Isaac carried the wood for his own sacrifice (Genesis 22:6), just as Christ carried his own cross.
- Jacob in the Bible - Biblical Archaeology SocietyAlso it was the women who first noticed the body of Jesus missing from the tomb (Luke 24:1-11). So when we read in Exodus 6:3 that Yahweh had formerly manifested Himself to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as “El Shaddai,” which refers to the diety worshipped by Israel’s ancestors to the northeast beyond the Euphrates River.
- First Person: Human Sacrifice to an Ammonite God?ABRAHAM loved God. That faithful patriarch also loved Isaac, the son of his old age. But when Isaac was possibly 25 years old, Abraham faced a test that went against the natural instincts of a father—God told him to sacrifice his son. The story, however, did not end in Isaac’s death. At the critical moment, God intervened by means of an angel.
- Who Was Jesus’ Biological Father? - Biblical Archaeology SocietyDescendants of his son Ishmael and of his sons by Keturah were not used to bless mankind. The Seed of blessing came through his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob. (Genesis 21:12; 25:23, 31-34; 27:18-29, 37; 28:14) Jacob showed that “peoples” would be obedient to Shiloh of the tribe of Judah, but the Seed was later restricted to David’s ...
- Rachel and Leah in the Bible - Biblical Archaeology SocietyRachel and Leah in the Bible. This watercolor, titled Dante’s Vision of Rachel and Leah, depicts the biblical matriarchs Rachel (left) and Leah (right) at a fountain.
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