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* '''Isaac:''' son of Abraham, second of the patriarchs and father to Jacob and Esau. Isaac was fooled into blessing Jacob, the younger son (who had the aid of his mother, Rebecca), instead of Esau, the elder son, when Jacob wore a goatskin on his arms and neck in order to appear as his more hairy brother | * '''Isaac:''' son of Abraham, second of the patriarchs and father to Jacob and Esau. Isaac was fooled into blessing Jacob, the younger son (who had the aid of his mother, Rebecca), instead of Esau, the elder son, when Jacob wore a goatskin on his arms and neck in order to appear as his more hairy brother | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Wikipedia] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:26, 23 September 2009
- Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926: "Parnell ousted Isaac Butt from leadership"
- Isaac: son of Abraham, second of the patriarchs and father to Jacob and Esau. Isaac was fooled into blessing Jacob, the younger son (who had the aid of his mother, Rebecca), instead of Esau, the elder son, when Jacob wore a goatskin on his arms and neck in order to appear as his more hairy brother
- Isaac Butt: Irish Protestant lawyer who began the Home Rule Party which was later led by Charles Stewart Parnell → buttended
- eye-sick: i.e. blind
- Isaac Bickerstaff: a persona or pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift
