Genesis 22:1

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22 Some time after these things God tested^[a] Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham^[b] replied.

Genesis 22:1 sn The Hebrew verb used here means “to test; to try; to prove.” In this passage God tests Abraham to see if he would be obedient. See T. W. Mann, The Book of the Torah, 44-48. See also J. L. Crenshaw, A Whirlpool of Torment (OBT), 9-30; and J. I. Lawlor, “The Test of Abraham,” GTJ 1 (1980): 19-35.
Genesis 22:1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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