biblical patriarch Isaac
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Biblical patriarch Isaac is a central figure in the Hebrew Bible, the son of Abraham and Sarah and father of Jacob and Esau, whose near-sacrifice and covenantal role are foundational to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isaac's household in Canaan | 1 |
| biblical patriarch Isaac canonical | 1 |
| patriarch Isaac | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5369253 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: biblical patriarch Isaac Context triple: [Yitzhak, associatedWith, biblical patriarch Isaac]
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A.
patriarch Jacob
Patriarch Jacob is a central biblical figure regarded as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel and a key ancestor of the Israelite people.
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B.
Isaac
Isaac is an artificial lifeform and science officer from the Kaylon race in the science fiction television series "The Orville."
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C.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
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D.
Abraham
Abraham is the given name of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States who led the country through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
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E.
Abraham
Abraham is a small unincorporated community located in rural Millard County in the U.S. state of Utah.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: biblical patriarch Isaac Target entity description: Biblical patriarch Isaac is a central figure in the Hebrew Bible, the son of Abraham and Sarah and father of Jacob and Esau, whose near-sacrifice and covenantal role are foundational to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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A.
patriarch Jacob
Patriarch Jacob is a central biblical figure regarded as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel and a key ancestor of the Israelite people.
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B.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
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C.
Isaac
Isaac is an artificial lifeform and science officer from the Kaylon race in the science fiction television series "The Orville."
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D.
Abraham
Abraham is the given name of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States who led the country through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
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E.
Abraham
Abraham is a foundational patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, revered as the ancestor of the Israelites and a central figure in Jewish religious tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical patriarch
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
binding of Isaac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near-sacrifice on Mount Moriah ⓘ |
| birthNarrative | born to elderly parents Abraham and Sarah ⓘ |
| birthPromisedBy | God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blessed |
Esau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blindInOldAge | true ⓘ |
| buriedAt | Cave of Machpelah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buriedWith |
Abraham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebekah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| covenantConfirmedWith | God of Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| covenantRole | patriarch of the Abrahamic covenant ⓘ |
| deceptionMotif | presented Rebekah as his sister ⓘ |
| father | Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genealogicalRole | second patriarch of Israel ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf | the twelve tribes of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| halfBrother | Ishmael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hebrewName | יִצְחָק NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interactionWithRuler | Abimelech king of the Philistines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
New Testament ⓘ Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Quran ⓘ |
| mother | Sarah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Isaac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | he laughs ⓘ |
| occupation |
herdsman
ⓘ
pastoralist ⓘ |
| performedAction | dug wells in Gerar ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| residenceRegion |
Canaan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Negev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInChristianity | type of Christ in sacrificial typology ⓘ |
| roleInIslam | prophet ⓘ |
| sacrificialSubstitute | ram ⓘ |
| son |
Esau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Rebekah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testedBy | God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transliteration | Yitzchak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: biblical patriarch Isaac Description of subject: Biblical patriarch Isaac is a central figure in the Hebrew Bible, the son of Abraham and Sarah and father of Jacob and Esau, whose near-sacrifice and covenantal role are foundational to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book 16 (The City of God)
this entity surface form:
patriarch Isaac
this entity surface form:
Isaac's household in Canaan