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CHAPTER 18:
The Sacrifice of Isaac:
Abraham returns to
Beersheba
(18:1-19; Cf. Gen. 22:1-19)
In Gn. 22:1
it is God
Himself
who directly
proves
Abraham.
1 And God said to him,
“Abraham, Abraham”; and
he said, “Behold, (here) am
I.” 2 And He said, “Take thy
So LXX (Gn.
22:2): MT beloved son whom thou lovest,
only (son).
(even) Isaac, and go unto the
So LXX; but high country, and offer him
NIT “the land
of Moriah.” on one of the mountains
which I will point out unto
thee.” 3 And he rose early in
the morning and saddled his
ass, and took his two young
men with him, and Isaac his
son, and clave the wood of
the burnt-offering, and he
went to the place on the third
day, and he saw the place
afar off. 4 And he came to a
well of water, and he said to
his young men, “Abide ye
here with the ass, and I and
the lad shall go (yonder), and
when we have worshipped
we shall come again to you.”
5 And he took the wood of
the burnt-offering and laid it
on Isaac his son, and he took
in his hand the fire and the
knife, and they went both of
them together to that place.
6 And Isaac said to his father,
“Father”; and he said, “Here
O F
I S A A C
am I, my son.” And he said
unto him, “Behold the fire,
and the knife, and the wood;
but where is the sheep for the
burnt-offering, father?” 7 And
of
he said, “God will provide for Instead
the words of
mount
himself a sheep for a burnt- the
of God, MT
22:9)
offering, my son.” And he (Gn.
reads, which
drew near to the place of the God hath told
him of.
mount of God. 8 And he built
an altar, and he placed the
wood on the altar, and bound
Isaac his son, and placed him
on the wood which was upon
the altar, and stretched forth
Here (cf.,
his hand to take the knife to also, 18:12,
47:9, 12, 15),
slay Isaac his son. 9 And I Mastêmâ
the name
stood before him, and before isgiven
to the
class
the prince of the Mastêmâ, whole
of evil spirits,
Satans;
and the Lord said, “Bid him orelsewhere
prince
not to lay his hand on the lad, ofof the
these
nor to do anything to him, for I himself.
have shown that he feareth the
Lord.” 10 And I called to him
from heaven, and said unto
him: “Abraham, Abraham”;
and he was terrified and said:
“Behold, (here) am I.” 11 And
I said unto him: “Lay not thy
hand upon the lad, neither
do thou anything to him; for
now I have shown that thou
fearest the Lord, and hast not
withheld thy son, thy firstborn son, from me.” 12 And
the prince of the Mastêmâ was
put to shame; and Abraham
lifted up his eyes and looked,
and, behold, a single ram
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