Story of 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 the People of the Book

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.