Genesis 22:10
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
- KJV
- And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
- WEB
- Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
- ASV
- And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
- DARBY
- And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slaughter his son.
- BLB
- And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
- ÅB
- Og Abraham rakte ut hånden og tok kniven for å ofre sin sønn.
- OTB
- Abraham rakte ut hånden og tok kniven for å ofre sin sønn.
- B1930
- Og Abraham rakte ut hånden og tok kniven for å ofre sin sønn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 2:21–23
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Read in contextHebrews 11:17–19
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
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