In which book of the Bible is Isaac found?

Answer 1

A:Facts about Isaac are not to be found in The Bible, because it is accepted among scholars that the Patriarchs were not real, historical people. There are still facts to be discovered by looking analytically at the biblical accounts.

The story in the Bible says that Isaac was born to Abraham and Sarah when Abraham was 100 years old and Sarah was 90. The story recognises that these were improbable ages, saying that Abraham laughed when God told him that he would have a son at such a great age. They are also nice, round numbers because the tradents who passed these stories down orally into the first millennium BCE generally used numbers that were easy to remember.

The name Isaac means 'He laughs', again a reference to Abraham laughing when told that Isaac would be born, and again a prompt so that the tradents could easily associate the correct names with the storylines.

When Isaac was a little older, God told his father, Abraham, to sacrifice him on an altar. Fortunately, Abraham's hand was stayed in time, and Abraham sacrificed a sheep instead.

Just as Abraham tried to pass Sarah off as his sister while visiting the palace of Abimelech king of Gerar, so did Isaac, his son, try to pass his wife Rebekah off as his sister to the same king, once again for fear that the king would kill him in order to have sex with her (Genesis 26:6-11). This is clearly a case where a tradition about one of the Patriarchs accidentally became part of the tradition of the second and then was passed on in both.

Isaac had twin sons, Jacob and Esau, who were bitter rivals even before their birth. Genesis says that Jacob held on to Esau's heel in an attempt to prevent him being born first, something that would have required intelligence, awareness of the outside world and manual dexterity far beyond the capabilities of ordinary mortals. There is quite plausible evidence in the Book of Genesis that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were incarnations of the moon god in early belief, before the story evolved over the centuries into one in which they were mortal heroes, with Esau originally an incarnation of the sun god.

The Bible also tells us that Isaac lived to 180 years old. Most of the lifespans in the Genesis genealogies involve formulas around the number 17, as in the case of all three Patriarchs, where we find:

1. Abraham lived to 175 (5 X 5 X 7)
2. Isaac lived to 180 (6 X 6 X 5)
3. Jacob lived to 147 (7 X 7 X 3)

• Each lifespan involves a perfect square (5, 6, then 7 in a numeric series),
• the third factor also forms a series (7, 5, 3)
• in each case the sum of the factors is 17.

Another Answer:

The full story of Isaac begins in Genesis 17 and is continued to chapter 49. Many other books mention him. Jesus Himself, when answering a 'trick' question put to him said:

Matthew 22:31-33 (New King James Version - NKJV)

31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?[a] God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." 33 And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

Footnotes:

1. Matthew 22:32 Exodus 3:6, 15

Answer 2

Genesis, chapters 17, 21, 22, and 24 through 27, with further brief mentions elsewhere.

Isaac is the second of the three Forefathers and (like Abraham and Jacob) one of the greatest personages in Judaism.
Isaac (Yitzhak) was a son of Abraham (Genesis ch.21); and God said that His covenant with Abraham would continue with Isaac (Genesis 17:18-19). Isaac had facial features that were identical to Abraham (Rashi commentary, Genesis 25:19).

God tested Abraham by asking him to offer Isaac as an offering (see Genesis ch.22); and this readiness for self-sacrifice bestowed a special holiness upon Isaac (Talmud, Yevamot 64).
Isaac married Rebecca (Genesis ch.24), his second cousin. Rebecca gave birth to two sons, Esau and Jacob (Genesis ch.25).

God spoke to Isaac, confirming His covenant with him (Genesis ch.26).
Despite harassment from the Philistines, Isaac enjoyed great success (ibid.). He reopened all the wells which his father had dug and the Philistines had stopped up (ibid.). The king of the Philistines, unable to ignore Isaac's phenomenal success, petitioned him to make a mutual treaty of non-aggression (ibid.).

In his advanced years, Isaac sought to bless his elder son Esau (Genesis ch.27). Rebecca took pains to thwart this and to ensure that Jacob would receive the blessing, since she had learned through prophecy (Genesis 25:23) that Jacob would be more favored by God. (See: Isaac's blessing)

Later it became apparent that Isaac admitted to Rebecca's having done the right thing, since he blessed Jacob again (Genesis 28:1-4) even after he found out what had happened (see Genesis 27:6-16).

Isaac sent Jacob to the ancestral family seat in Mesopotamia to choose a wife (Genesis ch.28). Though Jacob didn't return for over twenty years (Genesis 31:38), God granted Isaac extra years, so that he lived on for two decades after Jacob's return.
Isaac was buried next to his father Abraham, in Hebron (Genesis 49:31).

Answer 3

No, there is no book in the canonical Bible written by Isaac.

Answer 4

He was first introduced in the Bible in the book of Genesis but is talked about later sometimes in the book of Revelations and the letter of James or the book of James.

Answer 5

The story of Isaac is exclusively found in the BOOK OF GENESIS, even though Isaac is referenced in many other places in the Bible.