stops the sacrifice, and versions in which Isaac runs away. Bob Dylan’s Abraham thinks God is putting him on. He isn’t, but Woody Allen’s God is: “See,” Abraham says after God chides him ...

God tells Abraham: “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land ... This makes the sacrifice story a precursor to the story of Jesus. If that is your view of ...

lest it appear as if He was indeed the one who had requested the sacrifice of Isaac in the first place. Finally, having realized his mistake, Abraham names the location י-הוה יִרְאֶ֑ה.

if Isaac had no objection to being tied up in order to be slaughtered as a burnt offering to their God, why Abraham was apparently so shocked and affected by bringing such unexpected sacrifice ...