The title of this piece points to the central event under discussion: Abraham’s attempted sacrifice of Isaac on Mount Moriah. But, given our discussion of last week and the week before, it might also ...

“I will bless you abundantly and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore.” The story of Abraham and Isaac is one of the most fascinating, and troubling ...

When we read the story of Isaac’s blessing, our attention usually turns to his mistake in blessing Jacob rather than Esau. Yet, a closer reading suggests that Isaac ...

In the Book of Genesis, God blesses the prophet Abraham with a son named Isaac in his old age. Subsequently, God asks Abraham to execute Isaac. Abraham binds his own son in preparation for a human ...

With “trust” in the subtitle, remember that Abraham totally trusts God after a recent covenant between them when God declared: “I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and ...

Judaism, Christianity and Islam are called Abrahamic faiths not only because Abraham was the first monotheist but because he was so famously devoted to God. His obedience was so strong that he was ...

Isaac could not have been more different from his father, Abraham. Where Abraham was forceful, Isaac was passive. The Torah recounts many conversations between Abraham and Hashem. Abraham is an active ...

Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him. The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy. (Genesis ...

One of the Ten Commandments is “Thou shalt not murder.” Are there any exceptions? Can God overrule it? This is what happens in Genesis 22. God tells Abraham: “Take now your son, your only son, whom ...