Genesis 17:18

17:18 Abraham said to God, “O that ¹  Ishmael might live before you!” ² 

Genesis 22:1-2

The Sacrifice of Isaac

22:1 Some time after these things God tested ³  Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham ⁴  replied. 22:2 God ⁵  said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac ⁶  – and go to the land of Moriah! ⁷  Offer him up there as a burnt offering ⁸  on one of the mountains which I will indicate to ⁹  you.”

Genesis 22:2

22:2 God ¹⁰  said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac ¹¹  – and go to the land of Moriah! ¹²  Offer him up there as a burnt offering ¹³  on one of the mountains which I will indicate to ¹⁴  you.”

Genesis 18:33

18:33 The Lord went on his way ¹⁵  when he had finished speaking ¹⁶  to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home. ¹⁷ 

Matthew 10:37

10:37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Hebrews 12:11

12:11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. ¹⁸  But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness ¹⁹  for those trained by it.

[17:18]  ¹ tn The wish is introduced with the Hebrew particle לוּ (lu), “O that.”

[17:18]  ² tn Or “live with your blessing.”

[22:1]  ³ sn The Hebrew verb used here means “to test; to try; to prove.” In this passage God tests Abraham to see if he would be obedient. See T. W. Mann, The Book of the Torah, 44-48. See also J. L. Crenshaw, A Whirlpool of Torment (OBT), 9-30; and J. I. Lawlor, “The Test of Abraham,” GTJ 1 (1980): 19-35.

[22:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  ⁶ sn Take your son…Isaac. The instructions are very clear, but the details are deliberate. With every additional description the commandment becomes more challenging.

[22:2]  ⁷ sn There has been much debate over the location of Moriah; 2 Chr 3:1 suggests it may be the site where the temple was later built in Jerusalem.

[22:2]  ⁸ sn A whole burnt offering signified the complete surrender of the worshiper and complete acceptance by God. The demand for a human sacrifice was certainly radical and may have seemed to Abraham out of character for God. Abraham would have to obey without fully understanding what God was about.

[22:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “which I will say to.”

[22:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  ¹¹ sn Take your son…Isaac. The instructions are very clear, but the details are deliberate. With every additional description the commandment becomes more challenging.

[22:2]  ¹² sn There has been much debate over the location of Moriah; 2 Chr 3:1 suggests it may be the site where the temple was later built in Jerusalem.

[22:2]  ¹³ sn A whole burnt offering signified the complete surrender of the worshiper and complete acceptance by God. The demand for a human sacrifice was certainly radical and may have seemed to Abraham out of character for God. Abraham would have to obey without fully understanding what God was about.

[22:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “which I will say to.”

[18:33]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “And the Lord went.”

[18:33]  ¹⁶ tn The infinitive construct (“speaking”) serves as the direct object of the verb “finished.”

[18:33]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “to his place.”

[12:11]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “all discipline at the time does not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow.”

[12:11]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”