Génesis 22:7

7 Isaac le dijo a Abraham:—¡Padre!—Dime, hijo mío.—Aquí tenemos el fuego y la leña —continuó Isaac—; pero, ¿dónde está el cordero para el holocausto?

Génesis 22:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 22:7

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father
As they were walking together:

and said, my father;
a cutting word to Abraham, who knew what he was going to do with him, so contrary to the relation and affection of a parent:

and he said, here [am] I, my son;
what hast thou to say to me? I am ready to answer thee; he owns the relation he stood in unto him, a sense of which he had not put off, and curbs his affections, which must be inwardly moving towards him, and showed great strength of faith to grapple with such a trying exercise:

and he said, behold the fire and the wood;
the fire which his father had his hand, and the wood which was upon his own, shoulders:

but where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering?
he perceived by the preparation made, by the fire and the wood, that it was to be a burnt offering which they were going to offer; but there being no creature provided for the sacrifice, he puts this question, by which it appears that as yet he was quite ignorant of the true design of this journey, and little thought that he was to be the sacrifice: however, from what he said, it plain he had been used to sacrifices, and had been trained up in them, and had seen them performed, and knew the nature of them, and what were requisite unto them.

Génesis 22:7 In-Context

5 Entonces le dijo a sus criados:—Quédense aquí con el asno. El muchacho y yo seguiremos adelante para adorar a Dios, y luego regresaremos junto a ustedes.

6 Abraham tomó la leña del holocausto y la puso sobre Isaac, su hijo; él, por su parte, cargó con el fuego y el cuchillo. Y los dos siguieron caminando juntos.

7 Isaac le dijo a Abraham:—¡Padre!—Dime, hijo mío.—Aquí tenemos el fuego y la leña —continuó Isaac—; pero, ¿dónde está el cordero para el holocausto?

8 —El cordero, hijo mío, lo proveerá Dios —le respondió Abraham.Y siguieron caminando juntos.

9 Cuando llegaron al lugar señalado por Dios, Abraham construyó un altar y preparó la leña. Después ató a su hijo Isaac y lo puso sobre el altar, encima de la leña.