Perhaps no Bible story is more troubling ... knife upraised above his bound son with a less disturbing image: Abraham and Isaac ascending the mountain, the father with his head bowed and knife ...
The wild ass in the Bible—a species still extant ... of something that began in a conflict within Abraham’s family. Ironically, Ishmael and Isaac’s brotherly relationship may have been ...
Genesis 17:11-14 Abraham kept this covenant and his wife, Sarah, gave birth to their son, Isaac. God chose Isaac to inherit the covenant directly from his father, and Isaac handed it on to his own ...