How old is isaac in genesis 22

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Viewed 17k times. The story of Abraham binding Isaac is told in Gen Excerpting from v. Is there anything in the text to help us figure out how old Isaac was at the time? Improve this question. Susan Susan Susan I read the same sources, and came to the same conclusion that Isaac was not a 'young lad' who could be 'overpowered' by Abraham, but a 'young man' 37 is young, if your father is Either way, Isaac was 'willingly bound', in that he trusted his father who said, "G-d will provide a sacrifice", whether or not the sacrifice was himself, or some other.

Interestingly, in Mandarin character, part of 'sacrifice' includes 'lamb'. Susan Just a comment re: the first thirteen words of Footnote 5 on the p. Sarah was indeed to be 90 years old when she gave birth to Isaac Gen , but while that states Sarah was years old at her death, chances are she was only The is her "span of life" Gen that began at her conception. Thanks JohnMartin. The part of that I wasn't sure about was the association of her death with the binding of Isaac Add a comment.

Active Oldest Votes. Gen 5 calls Isaac, "na'ar" in Hebrew, English transl. Improve this answer. Susan Hello Hello 3 3 gold badges 9 9 silver badges 20 20 bronze badges. You can see the correct BDB entry for the meaning we're discussing here on this page but the concordance info is correct on the page you originally referenced. Susan- my quote marks and quotation were accurate i think, I took them right out of the place you edited.

Joseph Joseph 16k 31 31 silver badges 85 85 bronze badges. Shalom, blessings. In Genesis it says: Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Genesis says: And Abraham said: my son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. Sarah died at one hundred and twenty one years old. That means at that time the age of Isaac was thirty six years old. Then few years should be subtracted to get the actual age of Isaac during Abraham sacrificial. My reasons are these: 1. Abraham being over years of age and still able to bundle Isaac and tie him.

Being a matter of life and death, Isaac would have offered some kind of resistance to him being tied by his aged father, but the resistance not man enough to overcome the father.

Saying Isaac is over 25 as some suggested is out of place since Abraham cannot be able to overcome such a young man in vigor of strength.