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Genesis 22:8-12
New King James Version
Genesis 22:8-12
New King James Version
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the (A)lamb for a (B)burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and (C)laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the (D)Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
12 And He said, (E)“Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for (F)now I know that you fear God, since you have not (G)withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
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Genesis 22:8-12
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 22:8-12
New American Standard Bible
8 Abraham said, “God will [a]provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.
9 Then they came to (A)the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built (B)the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and (C)laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 And Abraham reached out with his hand and took the knife to [b]slaughter his son. 11 But (D)the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 12 He said, “Do not reach out your hand against the boy, and do not do anything to him; for now (E)I know that you [c]fear God, since you have not withheld (F)your son, your only son, from Me.”
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- Genesis 22:8 Lit see
- Genesis 22:10 I.e., following prescribed ritual
- Genesis 22:12 Or revere; lit are a fearer of God
Genesis 22:8-12
Amplified Bible
Genesis 22:8-12
Amplified Bible
8 Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself [a]a lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two walked on together.
9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood, and bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.(A) 10 Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to [b]kill his son.(B) 11 But the [c]Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He answered, “Here I am.” 12 The Lord said, “Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise].”
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- Genesis 22:8 Abraham had complete faith and trust in God. Because God’s covenant with him depended on Isaac, Abraham may have anticipated that God would reveal to him an alternative to the sacrifice of Isaac, as He in fact did (vv 11-13). But Abraham was determined to carry out what God had commanded him to do, because of his faith in God’s promise.
- Genesis 22:10 The Hebrew verb refers to a ritual procedure by which the blood flows straight to the ground.
- Genesis 22:11 See note 16:7.
Genesis 22:8-12
New International Version
Genesis 22:8-12
New International Version
8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide(A) the lamb(B) for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
9 When they reached the place God had told him about,(C) Abraham built an altar(D) there and arranged the wood(E) on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar,(F) on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife(G) to slay his son.(H) 11 But the angel of the Lord(I) called out to him from heaven,(J) “Abraham! Abraham!”(K)
“Here I am,”(L) he replied.
12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God,(M) because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.(N)”
Genesis 22:8-12
King James Version
Genesis 22:8-12
King James Version
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.
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.
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.
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