Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: Servants and Prophets of God

by Norman L. Heap

The central theme of this book is that all the famlies of the earth have been blessed in th epast, are currently being blessed, and will continue to be blessed through God's covenantpeople, the house of Israel in the future. These blessings will continue as the house of Israel, in particular, and all the people of the world in general. do His work and will strive to walk uprightly before Him and become perfect. The book covers events in the lives of Abraha, Isaac and Jacob from the birth of Abram in Ur to the death of Jacob in Egypt. Jacob was buried in Canaan alongside his father Isaac and his grandfather Abraham, in the cave of Mach-pelah 307 years later.

274 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Petrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting treatment of the lives of the ancient patriarchs--using the bible, the Book of Jasher, Jewish legends and traditions, modern scriptures--and a lot of math. The author has computed the ages of each of the early people and how much their lives overlapped and drawn some interesting conclusions that I hadn't heard/though of before--like that Abraham knew and studied under Noah, Isaac and Jacob studied with Shem (who might also have been called Melchizedek). That Leah and Rachel were twins, and that Jacob was 90 when he finally went courting. He makes some of the more confusing stories a bit more sensible. His point is the greatness and devotion of these three men and their faithfulness and righteousness.