Genesis 22:4, The First Passover, Part I of II

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

//Question: The first Passover happened as the children of Israel escaped from Egypt, right?

Maybe. Maybe not. The patriarchs Abraham and Isaac predate the exodus. Recall that Jesus is our final Passover lamb, and that Isaac, nearly sacrificed by his father Abraham, is considered a typology of Jesus. A foreshadow of what was to come.

The Jewish book of Jubilees provides some details about this event that we don’t have...