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One day [[God]] told Abraham to take his son Isaac up a mountain and sacrifice him on a rock. When Abraham was about to do it, God stopped him and said that really He was just testing Abraham's [[faith]]. God provided another sacrifice to be put in Isaac's place, a story which Christians see as a foreshadowing of [[Jesus]].

One day [[God]] told Abraham to take his son Isaac up a mountain and sacrifice him on a rock. When Abraham was about to do it, God stopped him and said that really He was just testing Abraham's [[faith]]. God provided another sacrifice to be put in Isaac's place, a story which Christians see as a foreshadowing of [[Jesus]].

Isaac went on to have two children [[Esau]] and [[Jacob]] through his wife [[Rebekah]].  He favored Esau over Jacob, but was greived with Esau when he married two Hittite women.  Nevertheless he tried to give Esau the blessing of the firstborn when he was very old and blind and near death.  Thanks to Jacob and Rebekah, Jacob tricked Isaac by putting on [[goat]] skins to make Jacob feel rough like Esau.  Isaac gave the following blessing to Jacob:

Isaac went on to have two children [[Esau]] and [[Jacob]] through his wife [[Rebekah]].  He favored Esau over Jacob, but was greived with Esau when he married two Hittite women.  Nevertheless he tried to give Esau the blessing of the firstborn when he was very old and blind and near death.  Thanks to Jacob and Rebekah, Jacob tricked Isaac by putting on goat skins to make Jacob feel rough like Esau.  Isaac gave the following blessing to Jacob:

<blockquote>Surely, the smell of my son ''Is'' like the smell of a field Which the LORD has blessed.  Therefore may God give you Of the dew of heaven, Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and wine.  Let peoples serve you, and nations fall down to you.  Be master over your bretheren, And let your mother's sons bow down to you.  Cursed ''be'' everyone who curses you, and blessed ''be'' those who bless you! (Genesis 27:27b-29)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Surely, the smell of my son ''Is'' like the smell of a field Which the LORD has blessed.  Therefore may God give you Of the dew of heaven, Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and wine.  Let peoples serve you, and nations fall down to you.  Be master over your bretheren, And let your mother's sons bow down to you.  Cursed ''be'' everyone who curses you, and blessed ''be'' those who bless you! (Genesis 27:27b-29)</blockquote>