"And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son." — Genesis 22:10

Genesis 22:10 · KJV

“And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.”

— Genesis 22:10

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.

Verse 11

And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here {am} I.

Genesis 22 — Context

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

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.

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here {am} I.

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only {son} from me.

Cross References

Hebrews 11:17-19

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten {son},

James 2:21-23

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Isaiah 53:6-12

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. {laid...: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him}