Genesis 22:10
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
KJV
Extenditque manum, et arripuit gladium, ut immolaret filium suum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐξέτεινεν Ἀβραὰμ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν τὴν μάχαιραν, σφάξαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ.
LXX
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
ASV
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֤ח אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת יָד֔/וֹ וַ/יִּקַּ֖ח אֶת הַֽ/מַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת לִ/שְׁחֹ֖ט אֶת בְּנֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ם
m
verb · 82×
מַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת
m'klt
noun · 4×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
Typology
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1819Christian hope takes up and fulfills the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice.86 "Hoping against hope, he believed, and thus became the father of many nations."87
Chapter 32.—Of Abraham’s Obedience and Faith, Which Were Proved by the Offering Up, of His Son in Sacrifice, and of Sarah’s Death. Among other things, of which it would take too long time to mention the whole, Abraham was tempted about the offering up of his well-beloved son Isaac, to prove his pious obedience, and so make it known to the world, not to God. Now every temptation…
Cross-references
- Gen 21:10 — Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
- Heb 11:17 — By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
- Jas 2:21 — Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?