# 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.

(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/translate-names))



## Bible References: ##

* [Galatians 04:28-29](en/tn/gal/help/04/28)
* [Genesis 25:9-11](en/tn/gen/help/25/09)
* [Genesis 25:19-20](en/tn/gen/help/25/19)
* [Genesis 26:1](en/tn/gen/help/26/01)
* [Genesis 26:6-8](en/tn/gen/help/26/06)
* [Genesis 28:1-2](en/tn/gen/help/28/01)
* [Genesis 31:17-18](en/tn/gen/help/31/17)
* [Matthew 08:11-13](en/tn/mat/help/08/11)
* [Matthew 22:31-33](en/tn/mat/help/22/31)

##Examples from the Bible stories: ##

  __*[05:04](en/tn/obs/help/05/04)__ "Your wife, Sarai, will have a son—he will be the son of promise. Name him __Isaac__."
  __*[05:06](en/tn/obs/help/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."
  __*[05:09](en/tn/obs/help/05/09)__ God had provided the ram to be the sacrifice instead of __Isaac__.
  __*[06:01](en/tn/obs/help/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.__ 
  __*[06:05](en/tn/obs/help/06/05)__ __Isaac__ prayed for Rebekah, and God allowed her to get pregnant with twins.
  __*[07:10](en/tn/obs/help/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.