How old was Isaac at the time he was offered as a sacrifice to God?

Answer 1

Isaac was a very small boy at the time of the sacrifice incident. Abraham was over 100 years old , so as to lift a boy and tie him up would not be possible, a four or five years is more likely in Isaac's age.

It is interpreted in some Jewish tradition that Isaac was 13 years old at the time of the sacrifice offering. As dated by Barry Setterfield, Abram (later called Abraham) was born in 1947BC, Isaac was born to Abraham in 1847BC when he was 100, and Abraham offered Isaac as a sacrifice to God in 1810BC when Isaac was 37 years old.

Answer 2

One may read about Isaac from before his birth until his death.

Isaac is written as being born when Abraham was 100. His age at the point of his near-sacrifice by Abraham is not specified, only that he was a boy. At the age of 40, he married Rebekah. His age at death is shown as 180 years, which is not unusual for the ages seen for some Old Testament individuals.

Answer 3

Isaac was 180 years old (Genesis 25).

This idea may appear hard to accept, but only because it seems impossible today. Seeming impossibility, however, is not disproof. Any disproof would have to come from physical evidence, not conjecture or mathematics.

Many ancient nations and historians have records of "unnaturally" long lifespans of the ancients:Manetho, Berosus, Mochus, Hestiaeus, Hieronymus the Egyptian, Hesiod, Hecataeus, Hellanicus, Acusilaus, Ephorus and Nicolaus all state that the ancients lived around a thousand years.

Such records are found in the histories of ancient Sumeria, China, Greece, Persia, Vietnam and India. Such widespread agreement can only be because it (like the Creation) is a worldwide tradition based upon more than mere myth.
See also:

Longevity

Reliability of the Hebrew Bible

Answer 4

The Bible says that Isaac was 180 years old when he died, but there is good reason to believe that this figure was arrived at by mystical or superstitious means. When we look at the biblical evidence for the lifespans of all three Hebrew patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, we see that:

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)

An analysis of these ages shows:

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

This is too consistent with the black art of numerology to be believable. Whether or not Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were real, historical persons, they did not live to such precisely ordained ages. And if Isaac did not really live to be exactly 180 years old, then there is no reason to believe that he lived longer than any normal human. We only need to look at the fossil record to know this did not happen.

Answer 5

Isaac was a young boy, possibly a teenager, when he was offered as a sacrifice to God by his father Abraham. Traditional accounts do not provide a specific age for Isaac at that time.

Answer 6

Abraham was well in his age may have even been 90 years of age, Issac was only a boy . Because Abraham single handedly lifted him and tied him for the sacrificce.

Answer 7

Isaac died at the age of 180. (Genesis 35:28)

Answer 8

It is believed that Isaac was 20 years old or above when he was offered as a sacrifice.

Answer 9

Isaac was a boy , as Abraham single handily lifted Isaac to sacrifice him.

Answer 10

The Bible does not mention a specific age, but the Hebrew word used when referring to him means 'young man.'