Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
KJV
Et venerunt ad locum quem ostenderat ei Deus, in quo ædificavit altare, et desuper ligna composuit ; cumque alligasset Isaac filium suum, posuit eum in altare super struem lignorum.
Vulgate
ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον ὃν εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ Ἀβραὰμ θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἐπέθηκεν τὰ ξύλα· καὶ συμποδίσας Ἰσαὰκ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐπάνω τῶν ξύλων.
LXX
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
ASV
וַ/יָּבֹ֗אוּ אֶֽל הַ/מָּקוֹם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר ל֣/וֹ הָ/אֱלֹהִים֒ וַ/יִּ֨בֶן שָׁ֤ם אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וַֽ/יַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֶת הָ/עֵצִ֑ים וַֽ/יַּעֲקֹד֙ אֶת יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֔/וֹ וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂם אֹת/וֹ֙ עַל הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֔חַ מִ/מַּ֖עַל לָ/עֵצִֽים
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6 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…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 18:33 — And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
- 2Sam 24:25 — And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
- Gen 8:20 — And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- Gen 12:7 — And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
- Gen 26:25 — And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
- 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?
- Jas 2:21 — Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
- John 18:12 — Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
- Lev 1:7 — And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: