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NASB | Genesis 22:2 He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 22:2 God said, "Take now your son, your only son [of promise], whom you love, Isaac, and go to the region of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you." |
Bible Question: how did god test abrakam |
Bible Answer: Greetings lady, The test that you are referring to is when God instructed Abraham to take his only son and offer him as a burnt offering. This was the supreme test. To truly test Abraham God had to use the thing that was most dear to Abraham and that was his son. Abraham was 100 years old at the time and probably thought that he was not going to ever have another son. In addition, for a middle easterner it was a most terrible thing to die without a son. If you did your whole life was considered a failure. It was also believed that "heaven awaits not one who is destitute of a son". So in agreeing to sacrifice Isaac to God Abraham was showing God that he truly loved Him above all. prayon |