Study it in the app“Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and he rose and went to the place that Elohim had told him.”
Abraham rises early to obey the hardest testFaith
Abrahamאַבְרָהָםrose earlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּםin the morning,בַּבֹּקֶרsaddledוַיַּחֲבֹשׁhis donkey,אֶת חֲמֹרוֹand tookוַיִּקַּחtwoאֶת שְׁנֵיof his young menנְעָרָיוwith him,אִתּוֹand Isaacוְאֵת יִצְחָקhis son.בְּנוֹHe splitוַיְבַקַּעthe woodעֲצֵיfor the burnt offering,עֹלָהand he roseוַיָּקָםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְtoאֶלthe placeהַמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhad toldאָמַרhim.לוֹ
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” appearsrise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkem” appearsmorning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appearssaddle
To fasten something firmly, or saddle an animal to ride it.
Where else “yachavosh” appearsdonkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearsyoung servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “nearay” appearsIsaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearssplit
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “yevaka” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “atse” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “yelech” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears2He 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.”
3 · This verse (above)
4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.
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?
