The life of Isaac
Genesis 21:
- Born
Genesis 22:
- Offered Isaac is about 30
Genesis 23:
- Sarah dies at the age of 127 Isaac is 37
Genesis 24:
- Marries Rebekah Isaac is 40
Genesis 25:
- Abraham dies at the age of 175
- Esau and Jacob are born Isaac is 60
- Esau, at the point of dying, agrees to give his 1st born birth right to Jacob for a bowl of pottage. Jacob tricks Esau (Edom) out of his birth right and the hatred begins.
Genesis 26:
- God reiterates the Abrahamic Covenant to Isaac
- Isaac passes Rebekah off as his sister to Abimelech (a title of rulers of Philistia) so he can live and prosper in the land of the Philistines without being killed and having Rebekah taken
- Abimelech finds out Rebekah is Isaac’s wife, tells his people not to approach Rebekah, and allows Isaac and Rebekah to stay in their land and build riches
- Isaac’s riches grow too great and Abimelech sends him off
- Isaac moves to Gerar and re-digs the wells Abraham had dug
- God reiterates He will multiply Isaac’s seed (while in Beersheba), Isaac digs a well
- Isaac and Abimelech make a covenant that they will not hurt each other
- Esau, age 40, marries 2 Hittite women
Genesis 27:
- Isaac, on his death bed, asks Esau to kill and make him some venison, and he will bless Esau before he dies
- Rebekah hears Isaac and has Jacob bring 2 goats and she prepares them, then uses their hair to place on Jacob to have him seem as Esau to Isaac. Jacob takes the meat into Isaac, tricks him with the goat hair and gets the blessing meant for Esau.
- Esau takes his venison to Isaac after Jacob had left, and finds that Isaac was tricked into blessing Jacob. No blessing for Esau and the hatred continues.
Genesis 28:
- Isaac conveys the Abrahamic Covenant to Jacob and sends him away to Rebekah’s brother Laban to marry within the family
Genesis 35:
- Isaac dies Isaac is 180
