Editing Isaac (section)

{{short description|Biblical patriarch, son of Abraham and Sarah}}
{{for multi|the name|Isaac (name)||Isaac (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Isaac 
| native_name        = יִצְחָק
| image              = Ribera - Isaac y Jacob, P001118 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Detail of Isaac from ''[[Isaac and Jacob]]'' (1637) by [[Jusepe de Ribera]]
| father             = [[Abraham]]
| mother             = [[Sarah]]
| family             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ishmael]] (half-brother/half-cousin, first born of Abraham, son of [[Hagar]])
* [[Zimran]] (half-brother/half-cousin)
* [[Jokshan]] (half-brother/half-cousin)
* [[Medan (son of Abraham)|Medan]] (half-brother/half-cousin)
* [[Midian (son of Abraham)|Midian]] (half-brother/half-cousin)
* [[Ishbak]] (half-brother/half-cousin)
* [[Shuah]] (half-brother/half-cousin)
* [[Terah]] (grandfather)
* [[Haran]] (uncle)
* [[Nahor, son of Terah|Nahor]] (uncle)
* [[Milcah]] (cousin)
* [[Lot (biblical person)|Lot]] (cousin)
* [[Bethuel]] (cousin/father-in-law)
* [[Laban (Bible)|Laban]] (brother-in-law)
* [[Leah]] (daughter-in-law)
* [[Rachel]] (daughter-in-law)
* [[Twelve Tribes of Israel]] (grandsons)
* [[Dinah]] (granddaughter)
}}
| spouse             = [[Rebecca]] (also spelled Rebekah)
| children           = {{Plainlist|
* [[Esau]] (older twin son)
* [[Jacob]] (younger twin son)
}}
}}

'''Isaac''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|aɪ|z|ə|k}} {{respell|EYE|zək}}; {{langx|hbo|{{Script/Hebrew|יִצְחָק}}|Yīṣḥāq}}; {{langx|grc|Ἰσαάκ|Isaák}}; {{langx|ar|إسحٰق/إسحاق|Isḥāq}}; {{langx|syc|ܐܝܨܚܩ|Iṣḥāq}}; {{langx|am|ይስሐቅ}}) is one of the three [[patriarchs (Bible)|patriarchs]] of the [[Israelites]] and an important figure in the [[Abrahamic religions]], including [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], and the [[Baháʼí Faith]]. Isaac first appears in the [[Torah]], in which he is the son of [[Abraham]] and [[Sarah]], the father of [[Jacob]] and [[Esau]], and the grandfather of the [[Twelve Tribes of Israel|twelve tribes of Israel]]. 

Isaac's name means "he will laugh", reflecting the laughter, in disbelief, of Abraham and Sarah, when told by God that they would have a child.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Bibleverse|Genesis|17:15–19|HE}}, {{Bibleverse|Genesis|18:10–15|HE}}</ref>{{sfn|deClaise-Walford|2000|p=647}} He is the only patriarch whose name was not changed, and the only one who did not move out of [[Canaan]].{{sfn|deClaise-Walford|2000|p=647}} According to the narrative, he died aged 180, the longest-lived of the three patriarchs.{{sfn|deClaise-Walford|2000|p=647}}

Recent scholarship has discussed the possibility that Isaac could have originally been an ancestor from the [[Beersheba]] region who was venerated at a [[sanctuary]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia
 | last = Römer
 | first = Thomas
 | title = Isaac (Patriarch) I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
 | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception
 | volume = 13
 | year = 2016
 | pages = 260–266
 | url = https://www.academia.edu/29268251/Thomas_Römer_Isaac_Patriarch_I_Hebrew_Bible_Old_Testament_EBR_13_2016_cols_260_266
 | access-date = January 4, 2025
 | quote = "Isaac was therefore an ancestor from the area around Beer-sheba. There was probably a sanctuary in which this ancestor was commemorated (as also hinted to by Gen 46:1)."
}}</ref><ref name=":FR">{{cite journal |title=Comments on the Historical Background of the Abraham Narrative: Between "Realia" and "Exegetica" |journal=Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel |url=https://www.academia.edu/29972948 |last1=Finkelstein |first1=Israel |issue=1 |volume=3 |pages=3–23 |last2=Römer |first2=Thomas |year=2014 |doi=10.1628/219222714x13994465496820}}</ref>