Then Abraham answered, My son, God will [a]provide him a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both together.

And when they came to the place which God had showed him, Abraham built an altar there, and couched the wood, and [b]bound Isaac his son, (A)and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10 And Abraham stretching forth his hand, took the knife to kill his son.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:8 The only way to overcome all tentation, is to rest upon God’s providence.
  2. Genesis 22:9 For it is like that his father had declared to him God’s commandment, whereunto he showed himself obedient.

Abraham answered, “God himself will provide(A) the lamb(B) for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

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)

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