Yesaya 29:22

29:22 So this is what the Lord, the one who delivered Abraham, says to the family of Jacob: ¹ 

“Jacob will no longer be ashamed;

their faces will no longer show their embarrassment. ² 

Yesaya 51:2

51:2 Look at Abraham, your father,

and Sarah, who gave you birth. ³ 

When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, ⁴ 

but I blessed him ⁵  and gave him numerous descendants. ⁶ 

Yesaya 63:16

63:16 For you are our father,

though Abraham does not know us

and Israel does not recognize us.

You, Lord, are our father;

you have been called our protector from ancient times. ⁷ 

[29:22]  ¹ tn Heb “So this is what the Lord says to the house of Jacob, the one who ransomed Abraham.” The relative pronoun must refer back to “the Lord,” not to the immediately preceding “Jacob.” It is uncertain to what event in Abraham’s experience this refers. Perhaps the name “Abraham” stands here by metonymy for his descendants through Jacob. If so, the Exodus is in view.

[29:22]  ² tn Heb “and his face will no longer be pale.”

[51:2]  ³ sn Although Abraham and Sarah are distant ancestors of the people the prophet is addressing, they are spoken of as the immediate parents.

[51:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “one”; NLT “was alone”; TEV “was childless.”

[51:2]  ⁵ tn “Bless” may here carry the sense of “endue with potency, reproductive power.” See Gen 1:28.

[51:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I made him numerous.”

[63:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “our protector [or “redeemer”] from antiquity [is] your name.”