Genesis 22:5
3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
7 Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
- KJV
- And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
- WEB
- Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come back to you.”
- ASV
- And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.
- DARBY
- And Abraham said to his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
- BLB
- And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go over there, and we will worship, and we will come back to you⁺.”
- ÅB
- Da sa Abraham til sine drenger: Bli dere her med eselet! Jeg og gutten, vi vil gå dit bort og be og så komme tilbake til dere.
- OTB
- Abraham sa til sine unge menn: «Bli her med eselet mens gutten og jeg går bort dit. Vi vil tilbe og så komme tilbake til dere.»
- B1930
- Da sa Abraham til sine drenger: Bli I her med asenet! Jeg og gutten, vi vil gå dit bort og bede og så komme tilbake til eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 11:19
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
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