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Afterוַיְהִי אַחַרthese thingsהַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּהElohimוְהָאֱלֹהִיםtestedנִסָּהAbraham.אֶת אַבְרָהָםHe saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Abraham!”אַבְרָהָםAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Here I am.”הִנֵּנִי
Genesis 22:1
Study it in the app“After these things Elohim tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.””
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With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 22:1, word by word
- Afterיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- these thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- testedנִסָּהnisa
test
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “nisa” appears- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears
Translation note
“Tested” translates nisa, “to test, to try.” The story ends with the angel of YHWH preventing the sacrifice and saying, “now I know that you fear Elohim” (22:11-12).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He said, “Take, please, your son, your only one, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will tell you.”
To study Genesis 22 in a group
1. What it says
What did Elohim ask of Abraham, and what provision appeared on the mountain (vv. 2, 12-13)?
2. What it means
What does this account teach about trusting Elohim and his provision (vv. 12-14)?
3. How I live it
What is hard for you to place in Elohim’s hands, and how can you talk with him about it?