...: — and, while the beloved child of his bosom lay in dreadful expectation of approaching death, " Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son." Just as the deed of slaughter was about to be committed — and while the uplifted arm of the parent...

...faithful, presented to the imagination in the attitude in which he is exhibited in the record, when " he stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son," excite our astonishment; what should our feelings be, when we contemplate the Father of mercies, issuing...

...they came to the place which God had shewn to him, and Abraham built an altar there, and piled the wood in order ; and bound Isaac his son, and laid...and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of Jehovah called to him from heaven, and said, Abraham ! Abraham ! And he said, Here I am. And he said,...

..."And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him...forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son." " Could it be," asks an able writer, " that in this mount of vision the sacrifice of God's own Son...

...And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order ; and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood." By the way ; not only Abraham, but Isaac too, was herein a rare example of resignation. To those words,...

...his eyes, and saw the pl'vce afar off. Isaac his son, and hud him on the altar upon the wood. i 10 and il come lo pass thai she find no favour in his cfcs, because he hath mil And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said....

...the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and Maul him on the rjameiu si. altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of •seaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : and he...

...the wood in order ; and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And A braham 11 V And the angel of the Limn called imto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham ! and he said,...

...inflection; though the principle of the suspending slide, or of the interrogative, may form an exception, 1. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the...said, 'Abraham, 'Abraham. And he said, Here am I. 2. And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went,...

...her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? Fear not, for God hath heard the voice of the lad.— Gen. xxi. 17. And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham, &c. Lay not thine hand upon the lad, &c. And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven...