Read Genesis 22.1-24 God commands Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.
God puts Abraham through a remarkable test of his obedience and trust in God.
God commands Abraham to sacrifice his only remaining son, an act that seems to deny
everything God had promised concerning a great nation and many descendants (12.2; 15.5).
The location of Mount Moriah is not known.
A later tradition identified Moriah with the mountain on which the Temple in the
city of Jerusalem stood (2 Chr 3.1).
In verse 14 the phrase the LORD will provide plays on the verb "to see" and may be translated
"the LORD will see to it" or "the LORD will be seen."
In verses 15-18 God reaffirms the earlier promises of many descendants because of Abraham's extraordinary obedience and trust in God.
In verses 20-24 the list of children born to Abraham's extended family includes Rebekah (v. 23),
who will eventually become the wife of his son Isaac (24.1-67),
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