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Genesis 22:8

Verse 8 of 24. The 22nd of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.

4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

5Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come back to you.”

6Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

7Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

8Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.

9They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

10Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

11The LORD’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

12He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy 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.”

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.