New English Translation
Genesis 22:2
2God said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac – and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”
Genesis 22:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
Context of Genesis 22:2
1Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham replied. God said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac – and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.” 3Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about. 4On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance.
Read all of Genesis 22Genesis 22:2 word by word
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר קַח־נָ֠א אֶת־בִּנְךָ֨ אֶת־יְחִֽידְךָ֤ אֲשֶׁר־אָהַ֙בְתָּ֙ אֶת־יִצְחָ֔ק וְלֶךְ־לְךָ֔ אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ הַמֹּרִיָּ֑ה וְהַעֲלֵ֤הוּ שָׁם֙ לְעֹלָ֔ה עַ֚ל אַחַ֣ד הֶֽהָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֹמַ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Take nowלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- thy sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- thine onlyיָחִידyâchîyd · onlyH3173
- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschâq · IsaacH3327
- whom thou lovestאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
- and get theeיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- into the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of Moriahמֹרִיָּהmôrîyâh môrîyâh · (Mount) MoriahH4179
- and offer himעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
- there for a burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
- upon oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- of the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
Cross-references for Genesis 22:2
- Genesis 17:19God said, “No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
- Genesis 21:12But God said to Abraham, “Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.
- John 3:16For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
- Romans 5:8But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Romans 8:32Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?
- Hebrews 11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.
- 1 John 4:9By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.
- 2 Chronicles 3:1Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- Judges 11:31then whoever is the first to come through the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites – he will belong to the Lord and I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.”
- 2 Kings 3:27So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel, so they broke off the attack and returned to their homeland.
- Micah 6:7Will the Lord accept a thousand rams, or ten thousand streams of olive oil? Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion, my offspring – my own flesh and blood – for my sin?
Commentaries on Genesis 22:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Take now thy son - Bishop Warburton's observations on this passage are weighty and important. "The order in which the words are placed in the original gradually increases the sense, and raises the passions higher and higher: Take now thy son, (rather, take I beseech thee נא na ), thine only son whom thou lovest, even Isaac. Jarchi imagines this minuteness was to preclude any doubt in Abraham. Abraham desired earnestly to be let into the mystery of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-24Verses 1-24 - Abraham Was Tested 2. מריה morı̂yâh “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh “Septuagint,” ̔́ hupsēlē Onkelos, “worship.” Some take the word to be a simple derivative, as the Septuagint and Onkelos, meaning “vision, high, worship.” It might mean “rebellious.” Others regard it as a compound of יה yâh “Jah, a name of God,” and מראה mı̂r'eh “shown,” מורה môreh “teacher,” or מורא môrā' “fear.” 14. יראה yı̂r'ēh “Jireh, will provide.” 16, נאם…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Abraham's earlier obedience to God's calling (12:1–3) brought him great blessings. Now, he had a chance to show even greater obedience. Take your son ... Isaac, whom you love: God described Isaac in detail to remind Abraham that Isaac was his beloved son, reinforcing the cost of the sacrifice. The name Moriah is explained by the Chronicler (2 Chronicles 3:1) as the future site of the temple mount in Jerusalem. go: God worded the command this way to help…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Take now thy son, &c.--Every circumstance mentioned was calculated to give a deeper stab to the parental bosom. To lose his only son, and by an act of his own hand, too!--what a host of conflicting feelings must the order have raised! But he heard and obeyed without a murmur (Ga 1:16; Lu 14:26).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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