...seemed determined to exaggerate its severity, and thereby to enhance these doubts and difficulties. " Take now thy son, thine only son ISAAC, whom thou...into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt-offering." Among the thoughts and soliloquies of the holy patriarch on thii occasion, would not...

...pure worship recommended by the Deity himself, he unexpectedly received this paralyzing command : " Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac whom thou lovest,...one of the mountains which I will tell thee of!"* Abraham, though doubtless thunderstruck with so peremptory an order, suppressed the tenderness of parental...

...comprehended the several mountains that are round about Jerusalem. Hence, God said to Abraham,b " take thy son, thine only son, Isaac, whom thou lovest,...upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." On the division of Judea among the twelve tribes, it so happened, that small as the space upon the...

...seemed determined to' exaggerate its severity, and thereby to enhance these doubts and difficulties. " Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou...into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt-offering." Among the thoughts and soliloquies of the htoly patriarch on this occasion, would...

...these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said onto him, Abraham. And he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, take now thy son, thine only son, Isaac,...offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thec of. Accordingly, when they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar...

...thick and fast, yet there was in them more of joy than of sorrow. She read how God said to Abraham, " Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou...there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains that I will tell thee of;" and it seemed as though God had spoken to her the same words. Then when...

...which appeals more powerfully to our sympathies than the narrative of this trial of Abraham's faith, " Take now thy son, thine only son, Isaac, whom thou...into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burntoffering upon one of the mountains that I will tell thee of." The order of words in the original,...

...he describes God as saying to Abraham, "Take now thy son, thy Jehid or " Jeoud, ie thine only son, whom thou lovest, " and get thee into the land of...one " of the mountains which I will tell thee of." This only son was born, according to the ancient tradition, of a nymph called Anobret, or (according...

...mysterious to carnal reason, and even to a weak faith, must the command given to Abraham have been ! " Take now thy son, thine only son, Isaac whom thou...of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." The terms of the command are sacrificial and Abraham...

...object of this gracious visitation, behold, O Lord, I am here, thy servant, to obey ! " And the Almighty said, " Take now thy son, thine only son, Isaac, whom...into the land of Moriah : and offer him there for a burnt-offering, upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." On the annunciation of this dreadful...