And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.
Parallel translations
- WEB Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,
- KJV And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
- BSB Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
- NASB Now Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;
- NLT Abraham gave everything he owned to his son Isaac.
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Abraham gives all that he had to Isaac.
Overview
Isaac receives the full inheritance, marking him as the heir of both the estate and the covenant promise. This deliberate act distinguishes the son of promise from Abraham's other children. It safeguards the line through which God's redemptive purposes, culminating in Christ, would advance.
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Cross-references · 15
- Gen 24:36Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.
- Heb 1:2has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
- Gal 3:29If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
- Ps 68:18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
- Rom 8:32He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
- John 3:35The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
- Rom 8:17and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
- Matt 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
- 1 Cor 3:21–23Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
- Matt 11:27All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
- Gen 21:10–12Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”
- Col 1:19For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
- Gal 4:28Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
- Rom 9:7–9Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
- John 17:2even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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