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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]." |
Bible Question:
In Islam's view, and according to the Koran's account of the story of Abraham's sacrifice of his son, it states that Ishmael was the son in question not Isaac. We read: "He said (Abraham): I'm going to my lord, for he shall guide me, my lord grant me of the righteous. Thus We gave him the glad tidings of a forbearing son (Ishamel). When (Ishmael) reached age he (Abraham) told him: my son, I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering you, what do you take of it. He said: my father, do what you are ordered, you will find me if God wills of those steadfast. When they both submited (To God) and Abraham laid him prostrate (for sacrifice). We called him: O Abraham, you have indeed fulfilled your vision, thus do we reward the righteous. This was truly the most grevious trial. And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice. We blessed his name amongst the generations to come. Peace be upon Abraham. (37:99-109)" This is also clearly narrated in the OT with few differences but in account of Isaac, not Ishamel. We read: "And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. (Genesis 22:2)" And also, "And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. (Genesis 22:12)" But if we refer to verse (Genesis 21:5) "And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him." and verse (KJV, RSV Genesis 16:16) "And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram." "Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ish'mael to Abram." In other words, Abraham's first son (Ishmael) was born when Abraham was 86 years old. His second son (Isaac) was born when Abraham was 100 years old. Isaac was "never" the only son of Abraham at any time "thine only son Isaac". On the other hand, Ishmael was the only son of Abraham for aproximately 14 years. This would put a big question mark on the OT's narrative and goes in support of the Koranic narrative of the story. In order to glorify the younger branch of the family, it would be quite understandable why the Jews would want this to apply to Isaac, not Ishmael. Is there any reasonable explanation for this? Mist |
Bible Answer: Mist, St paul shed important light on the subject of Ishmael and Isaac in Galatiosn 4:21-31 22: For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman. 23: But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, the son of the free woman through promise. 24: Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar. 25: Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26: But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27: For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in travail; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married." 28: Now we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29: But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now. 30: But what does the scripture say? "Cast out the slave and her son; for the son of the slave shall not inherit with the son of the free woman." 31: So, brethren, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman. Emmaus |