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1.11 Genesis IV: Trouble in the Family

History in the Bible

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The Importance of Abraham's Marriage to Isaac

The binding of Isaac is an important theological landmark in both Christianity and Islam. Christians see it as prefiguring God's sacrifice of his own son Jesus. Muslims remember the binding each year at Eid al-Adah, the feast of the sacrifice. Abraham offhandedly remarries and has another six sons.

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