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8.   Abraham’s faith

 

God kept his promise. Sarah, an old woman, became a mother. Abraham, an old man, became a father and acquired an heir, Sarah and Abraham gave their son the name that God himself had chosen for him: Isaac, which means: May God smile. Isaac grew up into boyhood.

    God wanted to test Abraham. He said to him: take your son, your only son, whom you love, and offer him to me as a burnt sacrifice. The next morning Abraham fetched his donkey and loaded it with wood. Then he called his servants and his son. They travelled fort three days until they reached a mountain. There Abraham left his servants and the donkey. Stay here, he told them. Isaac will go with me up the mountain. We will return when we have prayed and offered sacrifice.

 

    Isaac carried the wood. Abraham carried the knife and the pot with the glowing coals. Father,  said Isaac, we have wood and fire, but no lamb to sacrifice. Abraham replied: God will provide that. On the mountain Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood. Then he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar. He took the knife. At that moment he heard the voice: Abraham! Do not harm the boy!  You have shown that you are ready to obey me and trust in me. You were prepared to offer me your only son, Isaac.

 

    When Abraham looked around he saw a ram which had become entangled in a thicket. He placed the animal on the altar and offered God the burnt offering. Then he came back down the mountain with Isaac.

 

(Gen 22)

 

 

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