Ge.15:4;18:10
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(1913 B.C.?) Promised before birth. (From lineage of Shem, Noah's son.)
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17:19
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2.
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(1898?) Named by God before birth.
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17:21
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3.
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Promised a covenant before birth.
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21:1-5
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4.
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(1897 B.C.?) Born to Abraham (100) and Sarah
(90) at Beersheba.
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21:4
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5.
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Circumcised when 8 days old.
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21:8
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6.
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Abraham offers feast when Isaac weaned.
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22:2-3
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7.
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(1872?) Taken by Abraham to Mt. Moriah as a test by God of Abraham. (And son, age 25?)
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22:2,7-9
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8.
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Isaac willingly complies. (A father/son love exists, 22:2.)
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22:12
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9.
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Isaac spared by God.
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22:19
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10.
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Returns with father to Beersheba (implied).
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23:19
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11.
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(1860?) Mother (Sarah) dies. Goes with father to burial in Hebron
(implied).
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24:1-57
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12.
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(1857?) Father (Abraham) sends chief servant to homeland
(Haran, house of Nahor) for Isaac a wife of own kin.
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24:58-65
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13.
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Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel (son of Nahor, Abraham's ½ brother), chosen and returns with servant.
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24:66-67
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14.
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Isaac meets Rebekah, takes her as wife, and loves her. She brings him comfort in the loss of his mother.
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25:5
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15.
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(1853?) Receives all Abraham's inheritance.
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25:8
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16.
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Father, Abraham, dies.
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25:9
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17.
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He and ? brother, Ishmael, bury Abraham in cave of Machpelah, in Hebron, with mother, Sarah.
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25:11
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18.
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Receives blessing of God and lives in Beer-lahai-roi.
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25:21
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19.
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Intercedes to God for barren wife Rebekah.
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25:24-26
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20.
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Rebekah conceives and twin sons (Esau & Jacob) born. (Isaac 60.)
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25:28
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21.
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Isaac favored Esau, a hunter; Rebekah favored Jacob, a tent dweller.
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26:1
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22.
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(1804?) Famine occurs and they go to Gerar, to king Abimelech of the Philistines.
(As father before him: 20:2-18)
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26:3-4
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23.
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Receives warning from God to stay out of Egypt. Shown promised land and given oath of Abraham to bless seed.
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26:5
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24.
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Isaac obeys, lives in Gerar.
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26:6-17
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25.
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Isaac lies about Rebekah as father did with Sarah, except the king does not request her.
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26:12-13
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26.
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King afraid; Isaac blessed by God with riches.
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26:14,16
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27.
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Sent away by king because of Philistines' envy after they stopped up wells of Abraham.
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26:17
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28.
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Isaac settles in Valley of Gerar.
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26:18
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29.
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Re-digs father's wells, renaming them as earlier.
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26:19-22
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30.
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Quarrels over wells with local herdsmen, finally moving far enough away to find peace at well of Rehoboth.
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26:23-24
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31.
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Goes up to Beersheba where God appears to him with a promise.
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26:25
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32.
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Isaac builds altar, pitches tent, and digs well.
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26:26-31
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33.
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King Abimelech comes, seeking treaty as with Abraham. (21:22-34)
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26:33
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34.
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Names well, Shebah. (City of "Beer-sheba.")
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26:34-45
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35.
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Son, Esau (40), marries 2 Hittite women (Judith & Basemath) which creates problems for Isaac and Rebekah.
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27:1-4
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36.
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(1760?) Isaac old, summons Esau for his blessing.
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27:5-29
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37.
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Isaac's eyesight poor, deceived by wife and son (Jacob) for firstborn's blessing. (Once given, cannot be revoked.)
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27:30-31
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38.
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Isaac and Esau upset at event. Isaac blesses Esau with lesser blessing.
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28:1-5
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39.
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Isaac summons, blesses, and sends Jacob to homeland (Haran) for a wife from house of Laban, brother of mother,
Rebekah. (Jacob fears Esau.) Remains there 20 years. (31:38)
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28:8-9
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40.
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Esau sees father despise his wives, and marries an Ishmaelite (Mahalath).
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35:27
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41.
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(1732?) Isaac receives Jacob and family back from journeys from Laban.
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35:28-29
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42.
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Isaac dies, buried. (180 years old.)
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Gen.35:29
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(EPITAPH) "And Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people,
an old man of ripe age; And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him." (NAS)
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Heb.11:20
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(TRIBUTE) "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come."
(KJV)
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