The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar ... - Lodge Prudentia

FREEMASOXRV AXI)KXIGHTS TEMPLARpromises Isaac by Sarai, whom he calls Sarah. Infulfillment of the divine promise Isaac was bornin 1896 B. C, in the extreme old age of both hisparents, Abraham being 100 and Sarah ninetyyears of age. In 1859 B. C., Sarah dies, and fiveyears later Abraham marries Keturah, by whomhe had six sons. Abraham dies in 1821 B. C, aged175 years. His sons Isaac and Ishmael bury himin the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron,which is before Mamre (or Hebron) (Gen. xxv.9, 10).Isaac at the age of forty marries Rebekah, hiskinswoman, who bore him twin sons, Esau (orKdom) and Jacob (afterwards called Israel). Theywere born in 1836 B. C., but the place of their birthcan not be ascertained from the narrative in Gen.xxv., except that it was in the Negeb or "SouthCountry" of the land of Canaan. Esau was thefirst-born and the favorite of his father, but Jacob,in his early manhood, by the aid of his mother,obtained the birthright* (Gen. xxvii.), and infear of the rage of Esau was sent away by his parentsto his uncle Laban at Haran, in Mesopotamia,where he married his cousins Leah and Rachel, andresided twenty years, becoming wealthy in flocksand herds. Jacob then returns to Canaan with histaniily and his riches. Arriving near home, hemeets his brother Esau, and in a rather dramaticpersonal interview they become reconciled (Gen.XXXlii.), Isaae dies at Hebron in 1716 B. C.,aged iSo years, and is buried in the cave of Machpelahwith his father, lie was a man of gentlenature, a nomadic herdsman of devout and blamelife.20