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NASB | Genesis 22:12 He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 22:12 The LORD said, "Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise]." |
Subject: Who was the one to be sacrificed? |
Bible Note: Greetings, Mist and Tim. The NT reference to this event may shed a little light on this discussion: "By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;" [Heb. 11:17 NASB] The Greek "monogenes" is translated "only begotten" here as well as in John 3:16, etc. This word means "single of its kind" but also bears the connotation of "dearly loved". The French use the term "fils unique" to denote a son that is loved in a special way. I would further posit that the Koran has no claim to being "God-breathed". Even if the NT didn't explicitly bear out the OT record that it was Isaac that was offered by Abraham (as opposed to Ishmael), I would not even be remotely tempted to believe the record of the Koran over that of the Bible. Kind regards, Tim D. Cormier Tennessee Preacher |