KJV King James Version
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 22:6
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
WEB World English Bible
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.
ASV American Standard Version
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both of them together.
Surrounding context — Genesis 22
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקַּ֨חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאַבְרָהָ֜םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֲצֵ֣יH6086 · etstree: woodהָעֹלָ֗הH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringוַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙H7760 · sumto set: makeעַל־H5921 · aluponיִצְחָ֣קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacבְּנ֔וֹH1121 · benson: childוַיִּקַּ֣חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeבְּיָד֔וֹH3027 · yadhandאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאֵ֖שׁH784 · eshfireוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶתH3979 · ma.a.khe.letknifeוַיֵּלְכ֥וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentשְׁנֵיהֶ֖םH8147 · she.na.yimtwoיַחְדָּֽו׃H3162 · ya.chadunitedness
Cross-references
John 19:17And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called [the place] of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:1 Peter 2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.Matthew 8:17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare [our] sicknesses.Luke 24:26-27Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
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