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Genesis 22:2

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22:2 God 1  said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac 2  – and go to the land of Moriah! 3  Offer him up there as a burnt offering 4  on one of the mountains which I will indicate to 5  you.”

Genesis 22:16

Context
22:16 and said, “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ 6  decrees the Lord, 7  ‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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[22:2]  1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  2 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]  3 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]  4 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]  5 tn Heb “which I will say to.”

[22:16]  6 tn Heb “By myself I swear.”

[22:16]  7 tn Heb “the oracle of the Lord.” The phrase refers to a formal oracle or decree from the Lord.



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