Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

Received

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Bible References

Received

Hebrews 7:6
But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

Offered

2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

Only

Genesis 22:2
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."
John 3:16
For 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.

General references

Genesis 22:3
Early 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.

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