I also think about how unhealthy this would be in regards to his relationship with his son.This ring is adorned with a blue and white bead in the form of a stylized eye. I would feel anger and resentment toward God for asking me to make such an enormous sacrifice. However, if I were Abraham, I would not feel closer to God. I assume that God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son as a test of faith/trust. Susanne Valdez, teacher at University Synagogue, Irvine, CA: The test was not “to kill” but rather “not to kill” and Abraham passed the test. The test was to whether Abraham would resist the temptation. So when God commanded Abraham to kill Sarah's “illegitimate” son, God was tapping into an already existing jealousy/concern of Abraham. He was concerned that perhaps Avimelech was Isaac's real father (See Chapter 20:1 - 21:2).
So when he had taken him up, God said, “Bring him down.”Įitan Gorlin, teacher from Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, CA:Ībraham had doubts abut Isaac's DNA. He did not say “slay” him, because the Holy One, blessed be He, did not desire that he should slay him, but he told him to bring him up to the mountain to prepare him as a burnt offering. “Take your son … and bring him up there as a burnt offering.” Genesis 22:2. Rashi, looking at the scene from a different perspective: “After these words.” Some of the Rabbis say (Sanhedrin 89b) that it means after the words of Satan who denounced Abraham saying, “Of all the banquets which Abraham prepared not a single bullock nor a single ram did he bring as a sacrifice to You.” God replied to him, “Does he do anything at all except for his son's sake? If I were to ask him, 'Sacrifice him to Me,' he would not refuse.” Rashi explains “these words” as a conversation God had with Satan: words), that God tested Abraham and said, “Abraham.” And he said, “Here I am.” And He said, “Take your son, your only son, the one you love, Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will show you.” (Genesis 22:1-2) Reconstructionist Educators of North America (RENA)Īnd it came to pass after these things (lit.
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