Genesis 22:2
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.
KJV
Ait illi : Tolle filium tuum unigenitum, quem diligis, Isaac, et vade in terram visionis, atque ibi offeres eum in holocaustum super unum montium quem monstravero tibi.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Λάβε τὸν υἱόν σου τὸν ἀγαπητὸν ὃν ἠγάπησας, τὸν Ἰσαάκ, καὶ πορεύθητι εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν ὑψηλήν, καὶ ἀνένεγκον αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἐφ’ ἓν τῶν ὀρέων ὧν ἄν σοι εἴπω.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֡אמֶר קַח נָ֠א אֶת בִּנְ/ךָ֨ אֶת יְחִֽידְ/ךָ֤ אֲשֶׁר אָהַ֨בְתָּ֙ אֶת יִצְחָ֔ק וְ/לֶךְ לְ/ךָ֔ אֶל אֶ֖רֶץ הַ/מֹּרִיָּ֑ה וְ/הַעֲלֵ֤/הוּ שָׁם֙ לְ/עֹלָ֔ה עַ֚ל אַחַ֣ד הֶֽ/הָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֹמַ֥ר אֵלֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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Isaac
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Mount Moriah
In the original Hebrew
19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
י
y
adjective · 12×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מּ֣וֹרִיָּ֔ה
mvryh
proper_noun · 2×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹלָ֖ה
'lh
noun · 288×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 2 later passages.
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Matt 3:17 · allusion"And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."Genesis: your only beloved son — echoed at Jesus' baptism
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Rom 8:32 · echo"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?"Genesis: he did not spare his own son — God gave up his only Son
Prophecy
Typology
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Historic Christian voices
7 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
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham. This is the most severe trial of faith recorded in Scripture. Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his only son — the son of promise, in whom all the promises of God were concentrated. His obedience was not blind or irrational, but rested on the persuasion that God could raise Isaac from the dead. The ram provide…
What is the natural law? What are the precepts of the natural law? Are all acts of virtue prescribed by the natural law? Is the natural law the same in all? Is it changeable? Can it be abolished from the heart of man? Article 1. Whether the natural law is a habit? Objection 1. It would seem that the natural law is a habit. Because, as the Philosopher says (Ethic. ii, 5), "there…
Josephus retells the Genesis narrative: creation, the fall of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, the genealogy from Adam to Noah, the flood, the tower of Babel, and the lives of Abraham and Isaac. He follows the biblical account closely but adds rationalizing explanations and draws on extra-biblical traditions.
Cross-references
- 1John 4:9 — In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
- 2Chr 3:1 — 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 J
- 2Chr 3:1 — 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 J
- 2Kgs 3:27 — 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 r
- 2Kgs 3:27 — 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 r
- Gen 17:19 — 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.
- Gen 21:12 — 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 s
- Gen 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
- Gen 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
- Gen 22:16 — And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
- 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,
- John 3:16 — 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.
- Judg 11:31 — 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 of
- Judg 11:39 — And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
- Lev 1:3 — If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
- Matt 1:24 — Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
- Num 23:3 — And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
- Rom 8:32 — He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?