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Genesis 22:6

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

KJV

Tulit quoque ligna holocausti, et imposuit super Isaac filium suum : ipse vero portabat in manibus ignem et gladium. Cumque duo pergerent simul,

Vulgate

ἔλαβεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τὰ ξύλα τῆς ὁλοκαρπώσεως καὶ ἐπέθηκεν Ἰσαὰκ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ· ἔλαβεν δὲ καὶ τὸ πῦρ μετὰ χεῖρα καὶ τὴν μάχαιραν, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ δύο ἅμα.

LXX

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.

ASV

וַ/יִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת עֲצֵ֣י הָ/עֹלָ֗ה וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם֙ עַל יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֔/וֹ וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח בְּ/יָד֔/וֹ אֶת הָ/אֵ֖שׁ וְ/אֶת הַֽ/מַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת וַ/יֵּלְכ֥וּ שְׁנֵי/הֶ֖ם יַחְדָּֽו

Hebrew

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People AbrahamIsaac

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
מַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת
m'klt
noun · 4×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹלָ֖ה
'lh
noun · 288×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

4 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
The author returns to his former argument, and shows that there was but one God announced by the law and prophets, whom Christ confesses as His Father, and who, through His word, one living God with Him, made Himself known to men in both covenants. 1. God, therefore, is one and the same, who rolls up the heaven as a book, and renews the face of the earth; who made the things of…

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:24 — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
  • John 19:17 — And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: