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Abrahamאַבְרָהָםstretched outוַיִּשְׁלַחhis handאֶת יָדוֹand tookוַיִּקַּחthe knifeאֶת הַמַּאֲכֶלֶתto slaughterלִשְׁחֹטhis son.אֶת בְּנוֹ
Genesis 22:10
Study it in the app“Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 22:10, word by word
- 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- stretched outיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “yishlach” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- and tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- the knifeמַּאֲכֶלֶתmaachelet
knife
Knife, especially a large one used for slaughtering or cutting up meat.
Where else “maachelet” appears- to slaughterשְׁחֹטshechot
kill
To kill people with violence, at times as a sacrifice or punishment.
Where else “shechot” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears
The context
9They came to the place that Elohim had told him, and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
10 · This verse (above)
11But the angel of YHWH called to him from the heavens and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
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?