Can Isaac and Jesus be compared?

Question

I'm studying Genesis 22 and looking for similarities between Isaac and Jesus. Can you help?

Answer

There are numerous contrasts between Isaac and Jesus given in Scripture. Here are a few of them:

Similarity	Issac	Jesus
Only begotten son ... love	Gen. 22:2	John 3:16
Early in morning ... sacrifice	Gen. 22:3	Mark 15:25
Offering	Gen. 22:2	Heb. 10:10, 12
Donkey to sacrifice	Gen. 22:3	Matt. 21:2-11
Three days	Gen. 22:4	1 Cor. 15:4
Wood on son's back	Gen. 22:6	Mark 15:24
God provides lamb	Gen. 22:8	John 1:29
Offered upon wood	Gen. 22:9	Luke 23:33
Thicket & thorns	Gen. 22:13	John 19:2
Multiply seed	Gen. 22:17	John 1:12
Bride for son	Gen. 24:1-4	Rev. 21:9
Bride a virgin	Gen. 24:16	2 Cor. 11:2
Gifts for bride	Gen. 24:16	Eph. 2:8-9

While there are several more in Genesis, I'd be remiss not to mention Galatians 4. Paul associated Sarah, Isaac and the way of faith with the heavenly Jerusalem, so there are numerous contrasts in Galatians 4:21-31 as well:

Hagar	Sarah
Ishmael	Isaac Jesus
son of slavery	son of freedom
Birth: "according to the flesh"	Birth: "through the promise"
Old Covenant	New Covenant
Mount Sinai	Mount Zion
Earthly Jerusalem	Heavenly Jerusalem
Below	Above
Unbelief	Saving Faith