Study it in the app“Isaac said to Abraham his father, and he said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?””
Isaac asks about the lamb; Abraham says, “Elohim will see for himself the lamb”The Cross
Isaacיִצְחָקsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Abrahamאֶל אַבְרָהָםhis father,אָבִיוand he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“My father!”אָבִיAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Here I am,הִנֶּנִּיmy son.”בְנִיHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Hereהִנֵּהare the fireהָאֵשׁand the wood,וְהָעֵצִיםbut whereוְאַיֵּהis the lambהַשֶּׂהfor a burnt offering?”לְעֹלָה
שֶׂה / ἀμνός
Isaac asks his father: “where is the lamb (se) for a burnt offering?”
Isaac
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsAbraham
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” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appearslamb, sheep
One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.
Where else “se” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appears6Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. And the two of them went together.
7 · This verse (above)
8Abraham said, “Elohim will see for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
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?
