Isaac

Young Isaac climbed Mount Moriah beside his father Abraham. He carried the wood for the offering and trusted his father completely.

The Ram in the Thicket

When Abraham showed his obedience, the angel of the Lord stopped his hand. God provided a ram in place of Isaac.

Abraham’s servant had been sent to find a faithful wife for Isaac, and he came back, guided by God, with Rebekah.

Meditating at Sunset

Isaac had gone out into the field to pray and meditate at sunset. When he saw Rebekah, he welcomed her lovingly into his mother’s tent, and God comforted his heart.

Isaac became a rich man and dug again the wells of his father. When the neighboring herdsmen quarreled over a well, Isaac did not fight; he moved on and dug another.

Rehoboth — Wide Open Spaces

At last he dug a well that no one quarreled about, and he named it Rehoboth, saying: “the LORD hath made room for us”!

In his old age, when his eyes had grown weak, Isaac spoke a blessing over his son Jacob.

The Promise Goes On

“God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth.” He added that peoples would serve Jacob and nations would bow down to him. Through this blessing, the promise made to Abraham was passed on to the next generation.