Genesis 22:7

And Isaac said to Abraam his father, Father. And he said, What is it, son? And he said, Behold the fire and the wood, where is the sheep for a whole-burnt-offering?

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

In Context

6And Abraam took the wood of the whole-burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took into his hands both the fire and the + 22:6 μάχαιραν, a short dagger used both for defence and sacrifice, etc.knife, and the two went together.

8And Abraam said, God will provide himself a sheep for a whole-burnt-offering, my son. And both having gone together,

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Cross References

Genesis 4:2And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Exodus 12:3Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month let them take each man a + 12:3 πρόβατον, sheep generally but ver. 5 seems to show that the word lamb is admissable in this passage.lamb according to the houses of their families, every man a lamb for his household.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:4-11

Abraham's Obedience. ( b. c. 1872.) 3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the… Read the whole commentary →

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