The Sacrifice of Isaac

Genesis 22

1 Now it came to pass after these things that a God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." 2 Then He said, "Take now your son, b your only son Isaac, whom you c love, and go d to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a e burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you." 3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; the 1 lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will f come back to you." 6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and g laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. 7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." Then he said, "Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the 2 lamb for a burnt offering?" 8 And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the h lamb for a i burnt offering." So the two of them went together.

9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and j laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the k Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" So he said, "Here I am." 12 And He said, l "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for m now I know that you fear God, since you have not n withheld your son, your only son, from Me." 13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, 3 The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided."

15 Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: o "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son - 17 "blessing I will p bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants q as the stars of the heaven r and as the sand which is on the seashore; and s your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 t "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, u because you have obeyed My voice." 19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to v Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

20 Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, "Indeed w Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21 x "Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father y of Aram, 22 "Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." 23 And z Bethuel begot 4 Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 8:2
    And you shall remember that the LORD your God l...
    Deuteronomy 8:16
    Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which...
    1 Corinthians 10:13
    No temptation has overtaken you except such as ...
    Hebrews 11:17
    By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered u...
    James 1:12 - 14
    Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for ...
    1 Peter 1:7
    That the genuineness of your faith, being much ...
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 22:12
    And He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.
    Genesis 22:16
    And said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son -
    John 3:16
    For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
    Hebrews 11:17
    By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son.
    1 John 4:9
    In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
  3. Cross References
    John 5:20
    For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
  4. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 3:1
    Now Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 8:20
    Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
    Genesis 31:54
    Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.
  6. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:19
    Concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
  7. Cross References
    John 19:17
    And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.
  8. Cross References
    John 1:29
    The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
    John 1:36
    And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God!
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 12:3 - 6
    Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: 'On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.
  10. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:17 - 19
    By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son.
    James 2:21
    Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 16:7 - 11
    Now the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
    Genesis 21:17
    And God heard the voice of the lad. Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
    Genesis 21:18
    "Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation."
    Genesis 31:11
    "Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, 'Jacob.' And I said, 'Here I am.'
  12. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:22
    So Samuel said: "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 26:5
    "because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."
    James 2:21
    Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
    James 2:22
    Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 22:2
    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.
    Genesis 22:16
    And said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son -
    John 3:16
    For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 105:9
    The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.
    Luke 1:73
    The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
    Hebrews 6:13
    For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself.
    Hebrews 6:14
    Saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 17:16
    "And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her."
    Genesis 26:3
    Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
    Genesis 26:24
    And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham's sake.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 15:5
    Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be.
    Genesis 26:4
    And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
    Deuteronomy 1:10
    The LORD your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude.
    Jeremiah 33:22
    'As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.'"
    Hebrews 11:12
    Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude - innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 13:16
    And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.
    Genesis 32:12
    "For You said, 'I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude."'
    1 Kings 4:20
    Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 24:60
    And they blessed Rebekah and said to her: Our sister, may you become The mother of thousands of ten thousands; And may your descendants possess The gates of those who hate them.
  20. Cross References
    Genesis 12:3
    I will bless those who bless you, And I will cu...
    Genesis 18:18
    Since Abraham shall surely become a great and m...
    Genesis 26:4
    And I will make your descendants multiply as th...
    Matthew 1:1
    The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the ...
    Luke 3:34
    The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of ...
    Acts 3:25
    "You are sons of the prophets, and of the coven...
    Acts 3:26
    "To you first, God, having raised up His Servan...
    Galatians 3:8
    And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would ju...
    Galatians 3:9
    So then those who are of faith are blessed with...
    Galatians 3:16
    Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises m...
    Galatians 3:18
    For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no ...
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 18:19
    "For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him."
    Genesis 22:3
    So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
    Genesis 22:10
    And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
    Genesis 26:5
    "because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 21:31
    Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
  23. Cross References
    Genesis 11:29
    Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
    Genesis 24:15
    And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder.
  24. Cross References
    Job 1:1
    There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
  25. Cross References
    Job 32:2
    Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was aroused against Job; his wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God.
  26. Cross References
    Genesis 24:15
    And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder.
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