On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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… They chopped the wood for the fire of the burnt offering. And on the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said, stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will travel a little further. We will worship there and then we'll come right back. So Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on his shoulders while he himself carried the fire and the knife as the two of them walked on. Isaac turned to Abraham. He said, Father. And this is the point where Isaac's like, what is going on? Like, I see. He says, we have wood, I see. But there is no sacrifice. And Abraham said, God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering. And they both walked on together. Then they arrived to the place where God had told them to go. Abraham built the altar, arranged the wood. Then he tied his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. …
And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place which God had told him. On the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. And Abraham said to his young men, stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and he laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, my father. And he said, here I am, my son. He said, behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering? Abraham said, God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son. So they went both of them together. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac, his son, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, here I am. He said, do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing that you have not withheld your son, your only son, …
… When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering he set out from the place god had told him about On the third day abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance He said to his servants stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there We will worship and then we will come back to you Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son isaac And he himself carried the fire and the knife as the two of them went on together Isaac spoke up and said to his father abraham father yes my son Abraham replied the fire and the wood are here but where is the lamb for the burnt offering Abraham answered God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering for that God had told him about Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it and he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son but the angel of the lord called out to him from heaven abraham abraham here i am he replied do not lay a hand on the boy he said do not do anything to him now i know that you fear god because you have not withheld from me your son your only son and abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns and he went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as …