Study it in the app“He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the boy, and do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear Elohim, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from me.””
He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Do not stretch outאַל תִּשְׁלַחyour handיָדְךָagainst the boy,אֶל הַנַּעַרand do not doוְאַל תַּעַשׂanythingמְאוּמָּהto him,לוֹforכִּיnowעַתָּהI knowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיyouאַתָּהfearיְרֵאElohim,אֱלֹהִיםsince you have not withheldוְלֹא חָשַׂכְתָּyour son,אֶת בִּנְךָyour only one,אֶת יְחִידְךָfrom me.”מִמֶּנִּי
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsstretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “tishlach” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taas” appearsanything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appearsGod-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yere” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearshold back
To refuse to give something and keep it for oneself.
Where else “chasachta” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appearsonly
The only child of his parents, the most beloved.
Where else “yechid” appears11But the angel of YHWH called to him from the heavens and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
12 · This verse (above)
13Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and look, a ram behind him, caught in the thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.
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?
