# Isaac

## Facts:

Isaac was the only son of Abraham and Sarah. God had promised to give them a son even though they were very old.

* The name “Isaac” means “he laughs.” When God told Abraham that Sarah would give birth to a son, Abraham laughed because they were both very old. Some time later, Sarah also laughed when she heard this news.
* But God fulfilled his promise and Isaac was born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age.
* God told Abraham that the covenant he had made with Abraham would also be for Isaac and his descendants forever.
* When Isaac was a youth, God tested Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice Isaac.
* Isaac’s son Jacob had twelve sons whose descendants later became the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel.

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(See also: [Abraham](../names/abraham.md), [descendant](../other/descendant.md), [eternity](../kt/eternity.md), [fulfill](../kt/fulfill.md), [Jacob](../names/jacob.md), [Sarah](../names/sarah.md), [twelve tribes of Israel](../other/12tribesofisrael.md))

## Bible References:

* [Galatians 4:28-29](rc://en/tn/help/gal/04/28)
* [Genesis 25:9-11](rc://en/tn/help/gen/25/09)
* [Genesis 25:19](rc://en/tn/help/gen/25/19)
* [Genesis 26:1](rc://en/tn/help/gen/26/1)
* [Genesis 26:8](rc://en/tn/help/gen/26/08)
* [Genesis 28:1-2](rc://en/tn/help/gen/28/01)
* [Genesis 31:18](rc://en/tn/help/gen/31/18)
* [Matthew 8:11-13](rc://en/tn/help/mat/08/11)
* [Matthew 22:32](rc://en/tn/help/mat/22/32)

## Examples from the Bible stories:

* __[5:4](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/04)__ “Your wife, Sarai, will have a son—he will be the son of promise. Name him __Isaac__.”
* __[5:6](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/06)__ When __Isaac__ was a young man, God tested Abraham’s faith by saying, “Take __Isaac__, your only son, and kill him as a sacrifice to me.”
* __[5:9](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/09)__ God had provided the ram to be the sacrifice instead of __Isaac__.
* __[6:1](rc://en/tn/help/obs/06/01)__ When Abraham was very old and his son, __Isaac__, had grown to be a man, Abraham sent one of his servants back to the land where his relatives lived to find a wife for his son, __Isaac.__
* __[6:5](rc://en/tn/help/obs/06/05)__ __Isaac__ prayed for Rebekah, and God allowed her to get pregnant with twins.
* __[7:10](rc://en/tn/help/obs/07/10)__ Then __Isaac__ died, and Jacob and Esau buried him. The covenant promises God had promised to Abraham and then to __Isaac__ now passed on to Jacob.

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H3327, H3446, G24640
