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Abraham said to his servants, “Settle down and stay here with the donkey; the [a]young man and I will go over there and worship [God], and we will come back to you.”(A) Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it [b]on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the [c]fire (firepot) in his own hand and the [sacrificial] knife; and the two of them walked on together. And Isaac said to Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Isaac said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:5 At this time Isaac would probably be about twenty years old.
  2. Genesis 22:6 As Jesus carried the crossbar for His own crucifixion, so here Isaac carried the wood for his own execution by fire, but God had mercy on him.
  3. Genesis 22:6 I.e. a firepot filled with burning coals.

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