ABRAHAM AND ISAAC

Genesis 21:1-7, 22:1-19

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Genesis 21:1-7, 22:1-19

01
God had promised Abraham
and his wife Sarah that they
would have a son and their
descendants would become
a great nation as numerous
as the stars. The problem
was that both were now too
old to have children.
(Genesis 12:1-3, 15:14,
17:15-22, 18:9-15).

Abraham had become so 02

desperate to have an heir
that he had a son, Ishmael,
by Sarah’s servant Hagar.
God promised that Ishmael’s
descendants would become
a large nation too. When
God said Abraham would a
son by Sarah, Abraham had
laughed to himself as he was
so old. (Genesis 16, 17:15-22 ).

03
When Sarah overheard
three visitors sent from God
say that in a year’s time
she would have the son
God had promised, she too
laughed in disbelief. It was
impossible for them to have
children now.
(Genesis 18:9-15).
 04 MY NOTES

Yet the Lord was kind

to Sarah and kept His
promise. The next year,
miraculously, Abraham
and Sarah had a son.

05
Abraham, who was now
one hundred years old,
gave his newborn son the
name Isaac. Isaac means
‘he laughs’. Abraham
lovingly watched his son
grow from being a baby
into a young boy.

God then decided to test 06

Abraham. ‘Take your son
who you love, Isaac, to
the region of Moriah and
sacrifice him on a mountain
which I will show you.’
Abraham knew God would
not want him to kill his son,
it was against God’s law, but
he also knew he must trust
and obey God. What should
he do?

07

The next day he cut enough

wood for a burnt offering,
loaded up a donkey and
then set off with two
servants and Isaac on a
journey towards Moriah.

08

After travelling for three

days, Abraham saw the
mountain in the distance.
He instructed the two
servants to wait while he
and Isaac went up the
mountain to worship God.
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Abraham took the wood

for the burnt offering and
placed it on Isaac to carry
while he carried the fire and
the knife.

10
On the way Isaac asked,
‘Father, the fire and wood are
here, but where is the lamb
for the burnt offering?’
Abraham replied, ‘God
himself will provide the
lamb for the burnt offering.’
The two of them continued
their climb to the top of the
mountain.

11

At the top, Abraham built an

altar and then arranged the
wood on it.

Then he bound Isaac and laid 12

him on the wood. He reached
out his hand and took the
knife ...
‘Abraham! Abraham!’ An
Angel of the Lord put a stop
to the test. ‘Do not lay a hand
on the boy. I know you fear
God because you have put
Him before your only son.’

13

Abraham looked up and saw

a ram caught in a thicket by
its horns. He took the ram
and offered it as a burnt
offering instead of Isaac. He
then named the place, ‘The
Lord will provide.’
 14 MY NOTES
The Angel then spoke
again, ‘As you have not
withheld your only son,
God will bless you and
make your descendants
as numerous as the stars
and as the sand on the
seashore. Through your
offspring all nations on
earth will be blessed
because you obeyed me.’

15

Abraham and Isaac then

returned to the waiting
servants and set off south
to Beersheba where they
stayed.

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