abraham was 100 and his wife sarah was
90
when just as god had promised they had a
son and named him isaac
isaac was their only child and they
loved him with all their hearts
as isaac grew into a young boy abraham
taught isaac
to love god and to follow all the
commands that god put before them
one day god spoke to abraham
abraham very quickly abraham replied
here i am lord then god said
i want you to take your son isaac your
only son
that you love so much and go to a
mountain in the region of moriah
and place him on an altar and sacrifice
him
now this grieved and saddened the heart
of abraham because
he loved his only son isaac so much
the next morning with a heavy heart
abraham
saddled his donkey he gathered enough
wood for the burnt offering
and then he took isaac and two of his
young men that worked with him
and began the journey to the region of
moriah
they had traveled three days when
abraham looked up
and saw a mountain in the distance he
told the young men
stay here while isaac and i go to the
mountain
to worship abraham placed the wood for
the burnt offering upon isaac
picked up a stick of fire and his knife
and began to travel
toward the mountain as they were
traveling
isaac said father abraham
said yes my son isaac said
we have fire and wood for a burnt
offering but we don't have a lamb
abraham answered my son god himself will
provide a lamb for the burnt offering
so they continue to the mountain
together
soon they reached the place that god had
told abraham to sacrifice his son isaac
as a burnt offering he tied up isaac's
arms and gently laid him on an altar
where he had placed the wood then he
took the knife
and prepared to kill his son isaac
suddenly abraham heard an angel of the
lord call out to him from heaven
abraham abraham and abraham replied
here i am lord and the angel said
do not lay a hand upon the son that you
love
so much do not do anything to him
now i know that you fear god and will
obey all that i ask of you
you have proven that you will not
withhold your only son
that you love just then abraham looked
up
and there tangled in the branches of a
bush was a ram
caught by his horns he knew then that
god had provided this ram as a sacrifice
instead of his beloved son isaac then
the angel of the lord
said a second time abraham the lord
declares
because you have obeyed all that i ask
and have not withheld your only son
whom you love i will multiply all your
descendants
as many as the stars in the sky and the
sand of the seashores
all nations on earth will be blessed
through your descendants
because you have obeyed me
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so
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you