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

Take now. — Now is not an adverb of time, but an interjection of entreaty, usually coupled with requests and intended to …

"But, Lord, I have two sons, Ishmael and Isaac."

Take now your son. Abraham is commanded to immolate his son. If God had said nothing more than that his son should die, even this message …

And he said, take now your son
Directly, immediately; not your ox, nor your sheep, nor your ram, nor your lamb, nor …

We are never secure from trials. In Hebrew, to tempt, to try, or to prove, are expressed by the same word.

Every trial is indeed a temptatio…