And he said, Take now thine only son Isaac whom thou lovest, and get thee unto the land of [a]Moriah, and [b]offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains, which I will show thee.

Then Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his servants with him, and Isaac his son, and clove wood for the burnt offering, and rose up and went to the place, which God had told him.

¶ Then the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:2 Which signifieth the fear of God, in the which place he was honored: and Solomon afterward built the Temple.
  2. Genesis 22:2 Herein stood the chiefest point of his tentation, seeing he was commanded to offer up him in whom God had promised to bless all the nations of the world.

Then God said, “Take your son(A), your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah.(B) Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering(C) on a mountain I will show you.(D)

Early the next morning(E) Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

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