Isaac Abrabanel
Isaac ben Judah Abrabanel (1437–1508), commonly referred to just as Abrabanel, was a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier.
Famous quotes containing the word isaac:
“Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.”
—Bible: Hebrew Jacob, in Genesis, 27:11.
To his mother Rebekah, explaining how the blind Isaac might discover the ploy of his pretending to be Esau. “Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.” (25:27)