Who Was Isaac in the Bible?

Isaac was the long-awaited son of Abraham and Sarah, born when Abraham was a hundred years old and Sarah was ninety — a miraculous fulfilment of God's promise. He was the child of the covenant, through whom God would fulfil His promise to bless all nations. The most testing moment of Isaac's life came on Mount Moriah, when Abraham bound him to the altar. Isaac carried the wood for the sacrifice and asked where the lamb was; Abraham answered that God would provide Himself a lamb. At the moment of sacrifice, God provided a ram in the thicket, and Isaac was spared. Isaac later married Rebekah, and she bore him twin sons — Esau and Jacob. He was deceived into blessing Jacob instead of Esau, yet the blessing stood because it was God's sovereign choice. Isaac lived 180 years and was buried by his sons in the cave of Machpelah. He is a type of Christ: the beloved, only son who willingly submitted to the father's will and was delivered from death.