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Or HaChaim on Genesis 25:26/אור החיים על בראשית כ״ה:כ״ו

אוַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ יַעֲקֹב. פֵּרוּשׁ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, לֹא אָבִיו, וְהָעֵד הַנֶּאֱמָן אָמְרוֹ ״וְיִצְחָק בֶּן שִׁשִּׁים״ וְגוֹ׳, וְאִם הוּא הַקּוֹרֵא הָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר ״וְהוּא בֶּן שִׁשִּׁים״ וְגוֹ׳ שֶׁבּוֹ מִשְׁתָּעֵי קְרָא, וְהָבֵן:
1 ויקרא שמו יעקב. He called his name Jacob. The Torah refers to G'd, not to Isaac. Proof is that had Isaac been the subject in our verse, the Torah would not have continued : "and Isaac was sixty years, etc," but would have written: "and he was sixty years, etc."