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Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
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The Pain of Obedience
Commentators highlight the intense emotional pain of this moment. Isaac's innocent question, "My father... where is the lamb?" is described as a "cutting" and "melting" word. John Calvin suggests God used this question to intensify the trial, showing that true obedience can involve profound personal anguish in our most cherished relationships.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
2. מריה morı̂yâh — “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh; Septuagint, ὑψηλή hupsēlē — Onkelos, “w…
19th Century
Baptist
And they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said,…
16th Century
Protestant
My father. God produces here a new instrument of torture, by which he may increasingly torment the heart of Abraham, already pierced with …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father As they were walking together:
and said, my father
Never was any gold tried in so hot a fire. Who but Abraham would not have argued with God? Such would have been the thought of a weak heart; but Ab…
