Among Israel’s great patriarchs — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — Isaac is something of a transitional figure. That doesn’t make him unimportant, but he is transitional. He’s important because he ...

Abraham sacrifices Isaac. Chromolithograph based on a drawing (1860) by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 – 1872), published ca. 1880. ZU_09/Getty Images We have been horrified in ...

Few figures in the Bible, and indeed the history of Western thought, loom as large as Sarah and Abraham from the Book of Genesis. Abraham's willingness to sacrifice their son Isaac has inspired the ...

In Genesis 25, after Sarah’s death (Genesis 23) and Isaac’s marriage (Genesis 24), Abraham takes another wife named Keturah, and we learn the names of their descendants, and how they were sent east, ...

Panoramic view from ancient and biblical city of Gerar described in the book of Genesis in the Bible. Related to story of Patriarchs Abraham and Isaac. It is located in the middle way from Beersheva ...