Bible Strands
Genesis 25:5
Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Abraham makes his final estate arrangements near the end of his life, designating Isaac as the primary heir before distributing gifts to the sons of his concubines. The words — וַ/יִּתֵּן (va/yitten) translates to "and he gave" or "he left," paired with כָּל־אֲשֶׁר (kol-'asher) meaning "all that," which together record a complete transfer of property. The thread — This transfer mirrors Genesis 24:36, where Abraham’s servant confirms the master gave his son everything, and aligns with New Testament references to promised inheritance in Galatians 3:29 and Hebrews 1:2. Why it lands — The text explicitly records Isaac receiving Abraham’s entire material estate, requiring readers to track how physical inheritance in the patriarchal narrative establishes a pattern later applied to spiritual heirship.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
Cross-references
- Genesis 24:36 My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
- Galatians 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
- Hebrews 1:2 But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
- Genesis 21:10 and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
- Psalms 68:18 You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
- Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
- Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- Romans 8:17 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?