Genesis 22:7–8
Isaac asks about the lamb; Abraham says, “Elohim will see for himself the lamb”
Study it word by word7Isaac 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?”
8Abraham said, “Elohim will see for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
In its context
5Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go over there; we will bow down and come back to you.”
6Abraham 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.
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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.
10Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
Its words in the original
- יֹּאמֶרyomer· say
Say, speak. The most common verb for bringing in what someone says; sometimes "think" (say to oneself) or "command".
- יִצְחָקyitschak· 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).
- אַבְרָהָםavraham· 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.
- אָבִיavi· father
Father; also ancestor ("our fathers"), and the founder or head of a family or group.
- בְנִveni· son
Son. In the plural it can include sons and daughters, and also grandsons and descendants. "Son of..." also says what group someone belongs to ("sons of Israel" = Israelites).
- אֵשׁesh· fire
Fire. In the Bible it often goes with the presence of God (the bush, Sinai).
- עֵצִיםetsim· tree, wood
Tree; also wood and what is made of it (a stick, a pole).
- שֶּׂהse· lamb, sheep
One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.
- עֹלָהola· burnt offering
Burnt offering: a sacrifice in which the animal is burned whole on the altar, as a total gift to God. The Hebrew word means "what goes up" (in smoke).
- אֱלֹהִיםelohim· Elohim, God, gods
The Hebrew word usually translated "God". This translation keeps "Elohim" when it speaks of the one true God, the Creator, the God of Israel. The word ends like a plural, but it does not mean several: for him the verb is singular ("Elohim created"); the plural form expresses greatness. The same word as a common noun names the "gods" of other peoples, and there it is a true plural, translated "gods". It is also used of mighty ones or judges.
- יִרְאֶהyire· see
See. Also look, observe, notice, consider; in some forms, "appear" or "show".
- יֵּלְכוּyelchu· go, walk
Go, walk, depart; in the causative form, lead or bring.
- שְׁנֵיshene· two
Two.
- יַחְדָּוyachdav· together
Together, at the same time.