Editing Isaac (section)

==Etymology==
The [[anglicized]] name "Isaac" is a transliteration of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name {{lang|hbo|{{Script/Hebrew|יִצְחָק}}}} ({{transliteration|hbo|Yīṣḥāq}}) which literally means "He laughs/will laugh". [[Ugaritic language|Ugaritic]] texts dating from the 13th century BCE refer to the benevolent smile of the [[Canaanite religion|Canaanite]] deity [[El (deity)|El]].<ref name="EoR-Isaac"/> '' [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]]'' ascribes the laughter to Isaac's parents, [[Abraham]] and [[Sarah]], instead. According to the biblical narrative, Abraham fell on his face and laughed when God (Hebrew, {{transliteration|hbo|[[Elohim]]}}) imparted the news of their son's eventual birth. He laughed because Sarah was past the age of childbearing; both she and Abraham were advanced in age. Later, when Sarah overheard three messengers of the Lord renew the promise, she laughed inwardly for the same reason. Sarah denied laughing when God questioned Abraham about it.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Singer |first1=Isidore |author-link=Isidore Singer |last2=Broydé |first2=Isaac |author-link2=Isaac Broydé |chapter=Isaac |chapter-url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=174&letter=I&search=Isaac |editor1-last=Singe |editor1-first=Isidore |editor1-link=Isidore Singer |editor2-last=Adler |editor2-first=Cyrus |editor2-link=Cyrus Adler |display-editors=etal |title=[[The Jewish Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Funk & Wagnalls]] |location=New York |year=1901–1906}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hirsch |first1=Emil G. |author1-link=Emil G. Hirsch |last2=Bacher |first2=Wilhelm |author-link2=Wilhelm Bacher |last3=Lauterbach |first3=Jacob Zallel |author-link3=Jacob Zallel Lauterbach |last4=Jacobs |first4=Joseph |author-link4=Joseph Jacobs |last5=Montgomery |first5=Mary W. |chapter=Sarah (Sarai) |chapter-url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=245&letter=S&search=sarah |editor1-last=Singer |editor1-first=Isidore |editor1-link=Isidore Singer |editor2-last=Adler |editor2-first=Cyrus |editor2-link=Cyrus Adler |display-editors=etal |title=The Jewish Encyclopedia |publisher=Funk & Wagnalls |location=New York |year=1901–1906}}</ref>