• The verses involve citations of people. The so and so referred to may be alive or dead.

• The verses involve citations of God. The so and so is always dead except for one case where
• God speaks to Jacob and uses the phrase the The God of Isaac even though Isaac was alive.

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VERSE    SAID BY      TO...     God of WHOM       DEAD/ALIVE
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2C34-03a Bible Author Yoshiyahu God Of David      Dead
2C21-12  Elijah       Yehoram   God of David      Dead
Ex03-06  God          Moshe     God of Abraham    Dead
Is02-03  Isiah        Nations   God of Jacob      Dead
Gn28-13  God          Jacob     God of Isaac      Alive*2
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2C32-17  Sancheriv    Jews      God of Chizkiyahu Alive
Gn09-26  Noach        Cham      God of Shaym      Alive
Gn24-12  Eliezer      God       God of Abraham    Alive

Sermonic points: Rashi explains why God referred to the God of Isaac during Isaac's lifetime. We never find the phrase God of so and so on live people since live people might [sexually] sin and lose their status of righteous people. However Isaac never had a concubine and stayed in one house his whole life. Furthermore, Isaac no longer eye-flirted the way younger couples do but rather had reached a maturer approach to marital relations as is typical with older people. Hence since Isaac was no longer capable of sin God used the phrase God of so and so during his lifetime.

Advanced Rashi: Rashi's actual language is
• God doesn't trust his holy ones
• He stayed in his house
• His eyesight had dimmed
• Therefore Isaac was like a dead person.
We have interpreted these passages as follows:
• God doesn't trust his holy ones They are capable of sexual sin, which would remove their righteous status.
• He stayed in his house Isaac was committed to one wife. He never had a concubine or multiple wives.
• His eyesight had dimmed He was a maturer man and no longer eye-flirted like younger couples.
• Therefore Isaac was like a dead person. Therefore there was no serious concern that Isaac would sin just as there is no concern that dead people will sin.

Although our interpretation is speculative it seems consistent with the overall facts and provides insight into the greatness of the Patriarch Isaac. The more conservative reader can see our contribution restricted to the database table above.