Study it in the app“They 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.”
They cameוַיָּבֹאוּto the placeאֶל הַמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhad toldאָמַרhim,לוֹand Abrahamאַבְרָהָםbuiltוַיִּבֶןthe altarאֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַthereשָׁםand arrangedוַיַּעֲרֹךְthe wood,אֶת הָעֵצִיםand he boundוַיַּעֲקֹדIsaacאֶת יִצְחָקhis sonבְּנוֹand laidוַיָּשֶׂםhimאֹתוֹonעַלthe altar,הַמִּזְבֵּחַon topמִמַּעַלof the wood.לָעֵצִים
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” 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” 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” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yiven” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appearsarrange
To set things in a row and in order, like bread on the table.
Where else “yaaroch” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appearsbind
Bind hand and foot. It occurs only in Genesis 22:9.
Where else “yaakod” 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” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “maal” appears8Abraham said, “Elohim will see for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
9 · This verse (above)
10Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter 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?
