Genesis 22:1
ContextNETBible | Some time after these things God tested 1 Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham 2 replied. |
XREF | Ge 22:7,11; Ex 3:4; Ex 15:25,26; Ex 16:4; De 8:2; De 13:3; Jud 2:22; 2Sa 24:1; 2Ch 32:31; Pr 17:3; Isa 6:8; 1Co 10:13; Heb 11:17; Jas 1:12-14; Jas 2:21; 1Pe 1:7 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn The Hebrew verb used here means “to test; to try; to prove.” In this passage God tests Abraham to see if he would be obedient. See T. W. Mann, The Book of the Torah, 44-48. See also J. L. Crenshaw, A Whirlpool of Torment (OBT), 9-30; and J. I. Lawlor, “The Test of Abraham,” GTJ 1 (1980): 19-35. 2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |