KJV King James Version
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?
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Genesis 22:7
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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
WEB World English Bible
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
ASV American Standard Version
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?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father, and saith, ‘My father,’ and he saith, ‘Here am I, my son.’ And he saith, ‘Lo, the fire and the wood, and where the lamb for a burnt-offering?’
Surrounding context — Genesis 22
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.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיִצְחָ֜קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אַבְרָהָ֤םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamאָבִיו֙H1 · avfatherוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאָבִ֔יH1 · avfatherוַיֹּ֖אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהִנֶּ֣נִּֽיH2009 · hin.nehbeholdבְנִ֑יH1121 · benson: childוַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּ֤הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdהָאֵשׁ֙H784 · eshfireוְהָ֣עֵצִ֔יםH6086 · etstree: woodוְאַיֵּ֥הH346 · ay.yehwhere?הַשֶּׂ֖הH7716 · sehsheepלְעֹלָֽה׃H5930 · o.lahburnt offering
Cross-references
Romans 8:15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.Matthew 26:42He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.Genesis 8:20And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.Matthew 26:39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt].John 18:11Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?Genesis 4:2-4And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.Exodus 12:3Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of [their] fathers, a lamb for an house:
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