2. מריה morı̂yâh — “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh; Septuagint, ὑψηλή hupsēlē — Onkelos, “w…

The necessary test had been applied, and Abraham's faith had endured the trial. God knows all things by his divine omniscience, but now he knew by …

Now I know that thou fearest God. The interpretation by Augustine, ‘I have caused you to know,’ is forced. But how can anything become kno…

And he said, lay not your hand upon the lad
Which he was just going to stretch out, with his knife in it, to slay hi…

It was not God's intention that Isaac should actually be sacrificed. Yet, in due time, nobler blood than that of animals was to be shed for sin—eve…