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Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/genesis/22.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.” <a href="/esv/genesis/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” <a href="/bsb/genesis/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.” <a href="/kjv/genesis/22.htm">King James Bible</a> And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/22.htm">New King James Version</a> Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” <a href="/nasb_/genesis/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” <a href="/nasb/genesis/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> He said, &#8220Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/genesis/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” <a href="/lsb/genesis/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then He said, “Take now your son, your only one, whom you love, Isaac, and go forth to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” <a href="/amp/genesis/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> God said, “Take now your son, your only son [of promise], whom you love, Isaac, and go to the region of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” <a href="/csb/genesis/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Take your son,” he said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” <a href="/hcsb/genesis/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Take your son,&#8221 He said, &#8220your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.&#8221 <a href="/asv/genesis/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. <a href="/cev/genesis/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD said, "Go get Isaac, your only son, the one you dearly love! Take him to the land of Moriah, and I will show you a mountain where you must sacrifice him to me on the fires of an altar." <a href="/erv/genesis/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. <a href="/gwt/genesis/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> God said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will show you." <a href="/gnt/genesis/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Take your son," God said, "your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me." <a href="/isv/genesis/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> God said, "Please take your son, your unique son whom you love—Isaac—and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him as a burnt offering there on one of the mountains that I will point out to you." <a href="/msb/genesis/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?Take your son,? God said, ?your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.? <a href="/net/genesis/22.htm">NET Bible</a> God said, "Take your son--your only son, whom you love, Isaac--and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you." <a href="/nheb/genesis/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He said, "Now take your son, your only one, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of." <a href="/wbt/genesis/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he said, Take now thy son, thy only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will name to thee. <a href="/web/genesis/22.htm">World English Bible</a> He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And He says, “Now take your son, your only one, whom you have loved, even Isaac, and go for yourself to the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak to you.” <a href="/ylt/genesis/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And He saith, 'Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.' <a href="/slt/genesis/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will say, Take now thy son, thine only, whom thou didst love, Isaak, and go by thyself to the land of Moriah; and carry him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I told thee.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision: and there thou shalt offer him for a holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will show thee. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> He said to him: “Take your only begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of vision. And there you shall offer him as a holocaust upon one of the mountains, which I will show to you.” <a href="/nabre/genesis/22.htm">New American Bible</a> Then God said: Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There offer him up as a burnt offering on one of the heights that I will point out to you. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of the Amorites; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I will tell you. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he said to him: “Take your son your only one, Isaaq, whom you love, and you go to the land of the Amorites and offer him up there for a sacrifice on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And He said: 'Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.' <a href="/sep/genesis/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he said, Take thy son, the beloved one, whom thou hast loved - Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole-burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. <a href="/parallel/genesis/22-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=4807" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/22.htm">The Offering of Isaac</a> 1Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. 2<a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qaḥ- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">“Take</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bin·ḵå̄ (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">your son,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">God said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3173.htm" title="3173: yə·ḥî·ḏə·ḵā (Adj-msc:: 2ms) -- Only, only one, solitary. From yachad; properly, united, i.e. Sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; the life.">“your only</a> <a href="/hebrew/3327.htm" title="3327: yiṣ·ḥāq (N-proper-ms) -- He laughs, son of Abraham and Sarah. From tsachaq; laughter; Jitschak, son of Abraham.">son Isaac,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ā·haḇ·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">you love,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wə·leḵ- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and go</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4179.htm" title="4179: ham·mō·rî·yāh (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A mountain where Isaac was to be sacrificed. Or Moriyah; from ra'ah and Yahh; seen of Jah; Morijah, a hill in Palestine.">of Moriah.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: wə·ha·‘ă·lê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">Offer him</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: lə·‘ō·lāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">as a burnt offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’a·ḥaḏ (Number-msc) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: he·hā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">of the mountains,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ō·mar (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">I will show</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- To, into, towards. ">you.”</a> 3So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/11-17.htm">Hebrews 11:17-19</a> By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son, / even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death. <a href="/james/2-21.htm">James 2:21-23</a> Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? / You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did. / And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God. <a href="/romans/8-32.htm">Romans 8:32</a> He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things? <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. <a href="/matthew/10-37.htm">Matthew 10:37</a> Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; <a href="/1_john/4-9.htm">1 John 4:9-10</a> This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. / And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. <a href="/galatians/3-8.htm">Galatians 3:8</a> The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” <a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19-20</a> but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. / He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake. <a href="/romans/4-3.htm">Romans 4:3</a> For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">2 Chronicles 3:1</a> Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. <a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3</a> If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD. <a href="/exodus/13-2.htm">Exodus 13:2</a> “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.” <a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">1 Samuel 1:24-28</a> Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. / And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli. / “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. ... <a href="/2_kings/3-27.htm">2 Kings 3:27</a> So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.Take.<a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Genesis 17:19</a> And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.<a href="/genesis/21-12.htm">Genesis 21:12</a> And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.Moriah.<a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">2 Chronicles 3:1</a> Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.and offer.<a href="/judges/11-31.htm">Judges 11:31,39</a> Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering… <a href="/2_kings/3-27.htm">2 Kings 3:27</a> Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.<a href="/micah/6-7.htm">Micah 6:7</a> Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/daniel/12-11.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-17.htm">Dearly</a> <a href="/genesis/21-12.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/20-13.htm">Love</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">Moriah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">Mori'ah</a> <a href="/genesis/19-30.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/genesis/4-5.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/genesis/20-1.htm">Region</a> <a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/genesis/16-9.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/22-7.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Dearly</a> <a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/24-27.htm">Love</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">Moriah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">Mori'ah</a> <a href="/genesis/49-26.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/exodus/8-8.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/genesis/35-22.htm">Region</a> <a href="/genesis/31-54.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/genesis/24-6.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 22</div>1. <a href="/genesis/22-1.htm">Abraham is tested with the command to offer Isaac.</a> 3. <a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">He gives proof of his faith and obedience.</a> 11. <a href="/genesis/22-11.htm">The angel prevents him.</a> 13. <a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">Isaac is exchanged for a ram.</a> 14. <a href="/genesis/22-14.htm">The place is called Jehovah-jireh.</a> 15. <a href="/genesis/22-15.htm">Abraham is again blessed.</a> 20. <a href="/genesis/22-20.htm">The generations of Nahor unto Rebekah.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Take your son, This command from God to Abraham is deeply personal and tests Abraham's faith and obedience. The emphasis on "your son" highlights the personal sacrifice involved. Abraham had waited many years for the birth of Isaac, the son of promise, making this command particularly poignant.your only son Isaac, Although Abraham had another son, Ishmael, Isaac is referred to as his "only son" because he is the child of promise through whom God's covenant would be fulfilled (<a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Genesis 17:19-21</a>). This phrase foreshadows the New Testament, where Jesus is referred to as God's "only begotten Son" (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>), drawing a parallel between Isaac and Jesus as beloved sons.whom you love, This is the first mention of love in the Bible, emphasizing the deep affection Abraham has for Isaac. It underscores the magnitude of the test, as Abraham is asked to sacrifice the one he loves most. This mirrors God's love for His Son, Jesus, whom He also offered as a sacrifice for humanity.and go to the land of Moriah. Moriah is significant both geographically and theologically. It is traditionally identified with the area where Solomon later built the temple in Jerusalem (<a href="/2_chronicles/3.htm">2 Chronicles 3:1</a>). This location becomes a central place of worship and sacrifice in Israel's history, and it is also associated with the crucifixion of Jesus, drawing a typological connection between Isaac and Christ.Offer him there as a burnt offering A burnt offering was a complete sacrifice, symbolizing total dedication to God. This command tests Abraham's faith to the utmost, as it seems to contradict God's promise to make Isaac a great nation (<a href="/genesis/21-12.htm">Genesis 21:12</a>). The concept of substitutionary sacrifice is introduced here, which is later fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the ultimate sacrifice for sin.on one of the mountains, Mountains in biblical literature often represent places of divine encounter and revelation. This specific mountain, chosen by God, becomes a place of profound spiritual significance, prefiguring the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.which I will show you. This phrase indicates that Abraham must trust God completely, not only in the act of sacrifice but also in the journey itself. It reflects the walk of faith, where believers are called to trust in God's guidance without knowing all the details, similar to how Christians are called to live by faith (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-7.htm">2 Corinthians 5:7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign deity who commands Abraham to sacrifice his son, testing his faith and obedience. 2. <a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a> The patriarch of the Israelites, known for his faith and obedience to God. He is called to sacrifice his beloved son. 3. <a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a> Abraham's "only son" whom he loves, representing the promise of God and the future of Abraham's lineage. 4. <a href="/topical/l/land_of_moriah.htm">Land of Moriah</a> The region where God directs Abraham to go, significant in biblical history and later associated with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. 5. <a href="/topical/b/burnt_offering.htm">Burnt Offering</a> A sacrificial act of worship and obedience, symbolizing complete surrender to God's will.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a> Abraham's response to God's command demonstrates the depth of his faith and willingness to obey, even when it seems illogical or painful. <a href="/topical/t/testing_and_trust.htm">Testing and Trust</a> God tests Abraham not to lead him to failure but to strengthen his faith and reveal his trust in God's promises. <a href="/topical/f/foreshadowing_christ.htm">Foreshadowing Christ</a> Isaac's near-sacrifice is a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ's ultimate sacrifice, highlighting themes of substitution and redemption. <a href="/topical/l/love_and_sacrifice.htm">Love and Sacrifice</a> The passage challenges believers to consider what they hold most dear and whether they are willing to surrender it to God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a> The account ultimately reveals God's provision, as He provides a ram in place of Isaac, teaching that God will provide for our needs when we trust Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 22</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_genesis_22_events.htm">Where is the historical or archaeological evidence for these events in Genesis 22? </a> <a href="/q/what's_mount_moriah's_biblical_role.htm">What is Mount Moriah's biblical significance?</a> <a href="/q/why_test_abraham_if_god_knew_his_heart.htm">Why did God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac as a test if He already knew Abraham’s heart?</a> <a href="/q/why_would_god_command_a_sacrifice.htm">Why would a loving God command a human sacrifice in Genesis 22:2? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Take now.--Now is not an adverb of time, but an interjection of entreaty, usually coupled with requests, and intended to soften them. It thus makes the words more an exhortation than a command.Thine only son Isaac.--The words in the original are more emphatic, being, "Take, I pray, thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac." If childlessness was so unendurable in old time to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-2.htm" title="And Abram said, LORD God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?">Genesis 15:2</a>), what would it be now, after so many years of enjoyment of a son, and after giving up Ishmael for his sake (<a href="/genesis/17-18.htm" title="And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before you!">Genesis 17:18</a>)?The land of Moriah.--Moriah may either mean Jah is teacher (see Note on <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm" title="And Abram passed through the land to the place of Sichem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.">Genesis 12:6</a>), or Jah is provider. The first is supported by <a href="/isaiah/2-3.htm" title="And many people shall go and say, Come you, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.">Isaiah 2:3</a>, where the verb is rendered will teach; but the second agrees best with <a href="/genesis/22-8.htm" title="And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.">Genesis 22:8</a>; <a href="/genesis/22-14.htm" title="And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.">Genesis 22:14</a>. If this be the meaning, the name would be derived from this event, and would signify the place where "Jehovah will Himself provide the sacrifice." It has been suggested by many able commentators, that the place meant was Moreh in Sichem, and that the site of the sacrifice was, as the Samaritans affirmed, the natural altar upon the summit of Mount Gerizim. But as Abraham and Isaac reached the spot on the third day, and evidently at an early hour, Gerizim is too remote from Beer-sheba for this to be possible Even Jerusalem is distant enough, as the journey from Beer-sheba takes twenty and a half hours; and travellers in those days had to cook their own food, and prepare their own sleeping accommodation. We may notice also, that Moriah is described as "a land," in some part of which Abraham was to be shown the special mountain intended for the sacrifice; Moreh, on the contrary, was a place where Abraham had lived, and which was therefore well known to him. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - And he said, Take now - "the נַא modifies the command, and seems to express that Elohim wished to receive the sacrifice as a free-will offering" (Lange) - thy son (not a lamb, but thy child), thine only son - not ἁγαπητὸν (LXX.), but unigenitum (Vulgate), meaning the only son of Sarah, the only legitimate offspring he possessed, the only heir of the promise, the only child that remained to him after Ishmael's departure (cf. ὁ μονογενὴς, <a href="/john/1-18.htm">John 1:18</a>) - Isaac, whom thou lovest, - or, whom thou lovest, Isaac; the order and accumulation of the terms being calculated to excite the parental affection of the patriarch to the highest pitch, and to render compliance with the Divine demand a trial of the utmost severity - and get thee - literally, go for thyself (cf. <a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1</a>; <a href="/genesis/21-16.htm">Genesis 21:16</a>) - into the land of Moriah. Moriah - vision (Vulgate, Symmachus, Samaritan), worship (Onkelos, Jonathan), high (LXX.), rebellious (Murphy); but rather a compound of יה and מֹרִי, meaning God is my instructor, alluding to the temple from which the law should afterwards proceed (Kalisch), or, better, of יה and ראה, and signifying "the shown of Jehovah," i.e. the revelation or manifestation of Jehovah (Hengstenberg, Kurtz, Keil, &e.); or "the chosen, i.e. "pointed out of God," with reference to its selection as the site of the Divine sanctuary (Gesenius), or rather because there God provided and pointed out the sacrifice which he elected to accept (Lange). And offer him there for a burnt offering - not make a spiritual surrender of him in and through a burnt offering (Hengstenberg, Lange), but actually present him as a holocaust. That Abraham did not stagger on receiving this astounding injunction may be accounted for by remembering that the practice of offering human sacrifices prevailed among the early Chaldaeans and Canaanites, and that as yet no formal prohibition, like that of the Mosaic code, had been issued against them - upon one of the mountains - not Moreh in Sicbem (Tuch, Michaelis, Stanley, Grove, et alii), which was too distant, but Moriah at Jerusalem (Hengstenberg, Kurtz, Keil, Kalisch), where subsequently God appeared to David (<a href="/2_samuel/24-16.htm">2 Samuel 24:16</a>), and the temple of Solomon was built (<a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">2 Chronicles 3:1</a>) - which I will tell thee of - i.e. point out (probably by secret inspiration) as thou proceedest. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/22-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Take קַח־ (qaḥ-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take your son,” בִּנְךָ֨ (bin·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son [God] said, וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “your only יְחִֽידְךָ֤ (yə·ḥî·ḏə·ḵā) Adjective - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> United, sole, beloved, lonely, the life son Isaac, יִצְחָ֔ק (yiṣ·ḥāq) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3327.htm">Strong's 3327: </a> Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah whom אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you love, אָהַ֙בְתָּ֙ (’ā·haḇ·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f and go וְלֶךְ־ (wə·leḵ-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the land אֶ֖רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Moriah. הַמֹּרִיָּ֑ה (ham·mō·rî·yāh) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4179.htm">Strong's 4179: </a> Moriah -- a mountain where Isaac was to be sacrificed Offer him וְהַעֲלֵ֤הוּ (wə·ha·‘ă·lê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively there שָׁם֙ (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither as a burnt offering לְעֹלָ֔ה (lə·‘ō·lāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering on עַ֚ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against one אַחַ֣ד (’a·ḥaḏ) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first of the mountains הֶֽהָרִ֔ים (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country I will show אֹמַ֥ר (’ō·mar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say you.” אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">OT Law: Genesis 22:2 He said Now take your son your (Gen. 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