...now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and ofier him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. The land of Moriah, ie, according to Rosenmüller, the land of vision. Ver. 11. Au. Ver. — The angel...

...that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham : and he said, Behold, here I am. And God said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou...upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." Surely this was a commandment very hard to bear, even for one so habitually resigned to God's will...

...to prove his faith, ) and said unto " him, Abraham : and he said, Behold here I am." " And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, " whom thou...one of the " mountains which I will tell thee of." Can we imagine any thing more agonizing to a parent's feelings, than to be thus called upon not merely...

...Almighty will. He calls upon him to do the hardest thing in the world, — to sacrifice his only son. ' Take now thy son, thine only son, Isaac, whom thou...upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.' Without delay, without a word of expostulation, Abraham rose up early in the morning, and proceeded...

...of this pious patriarch — the offering of Isaac his son. For God, to try Abraham, said unto him, " Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou...upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." And Abraham did not hesitate to do as the Lord had commanded him. He might have said, " What, kill...

...the terms in which it was announced were adapted to wring with anguish the fond, parental heart. " Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou...upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." The trial was singular in its kind, and accompanied with a variety of circumstances most difficult...

...I return to the narrative ; " God called unto Abraham, and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou...offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of9." The trial, I said, was sharp : and the manner in which it is imposed seems specially intended...

...said, £ Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, tliine only son Isaac, whom thou loyest, id, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,...sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses 3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with...

...sacrifice to God ; " Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee unto the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering...upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." Abraham hesitated not, — he delayed not unnecessarily an hour, but arose early in the morning and...

...God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham ; and he said, Behold, here I am. 2. And he eaid, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou...upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 8. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with...