Quotes about Sacrifice
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
— Genesis 19:8
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
— Genesis 21:4
Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
— Genesis 21:14
Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
— Genesis 21:28
Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
— Genesis 22:1
“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
— Genesis 22:2
So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
— Genesis 22:3
On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
— Genesis 22:4
“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
— Genesis 22:5
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
— Genesis 22:6
Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
— Genesis 22:7
Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
— Genesis 22:8