Genesis 22:9

⁷ And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

⁸ And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

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.

¹⁰ 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.

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.

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BSB: When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
KJV: 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.
WEB: They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
ASV: And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
DARBY: And they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built the altar there, and piled the wood; and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
BLB: And they came to the place that God had told him, and there Abraham built the altar and arranged the wood, and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

ÅB: Og da de kom til det sted Gud hadde sagt ham, bygget Abraham et alter der og la veden til rette; så bandt han Isak, sin sønn, og la ham på alteret ovenpå veden.
OTB: Da de kom til stedet Gud hadde angitt, bygde Abraham et alter der, la veden til rette, og bandt sin sønn Isak og la ham på alteret, oppå veden.
B1930: Og da de kom til det sted Gud hadde sagt ham, bygget Abraham et alter der og la veden til rette; så bandt han Isak, sin sønn, og la ham på alteret ovenpå veden.

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Cross references

James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
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Hebrews 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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Philippians 2:7–8
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
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Matthew 26:1–27
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
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Hebrews 9:28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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Mark 15:1
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
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1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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Genesis 22:2–4
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
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