Stories Of The Prophets
Prophet Ishaq
Isaac's Sons - from Commentators
The Quran does not give details of Isaac's life (pbuh), but
reliable Quranic commentators mentioned that when Abraham felt that his
life was drawing to a close, he wished to see Isaac married. He did not
want Isaac to marry one of the Canaanites, who were pagans, so he sent
a trustworth servant to Haran in Iraq to choose a bride for Isaac. The
servant's choice fell upon Rebekah Bint Bethuel, Ibn Nahor (who was a
brother of Abraham). Isaac married her and she gave birth to a set of
twins, Esau (Al Eis) and Jacob (Yaqub).
Ill feelings developed between the two brothers when they grew into
manhood. Esau disliked the fact that Jacob was favoured by his father
and by Allah with prophethood. This ill feeling became so searious that
Esau threatened to kill his brother. Fearing for his life, Jacob fled
the country.
Isaac's Sons - from Commentators
The People of the Book said that when Isaac was forty years
old, he married Rebekah Bint Bethuel, during his father's life. They
said she was sterile, so Isaac prayed to Allah and then she became
pregnant. She gave birth to twin boys. The first one was called Esau
whom the Arabs called Al-Eis. He became the father of Rum. The second
one was called Jacob, which means Isreal, (belonging to the people of
Israel).
Issac's Death
Jacob came to his father Isaac and settled with him in the village of
Hebron which lies in the land of Canaan where Abraham had lived. Then
Isaac fell ill and died when he was one hundred eighty years old. His
sons Esau and Jacob buried him with his father Abraham Al Khalil in a
cave which he had bought. It was said that Abraham died at the age of
one hundred seventy five.