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Genesis 22:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.


Genesis 22:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:113 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֗יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אַחַר֙ʾaḥar
afterpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
הַ/דְּבָרִ֣יםhadəbāriym
the thingsparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הָ/אֵ֔לֶּהhāʾēleh
theseparticleH428
so · some · such · them ···
וְ/הָ֣/אֱלֹהִ֔יםwəhāʾĕlōhiym
and GodconjH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
נִסָּ֖הnisāh
he put to the testverbH5254
assay · prove · tempt · try
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אַבְרָהָ֑םʾabərāhām
AbrahamnounH85
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלָ֔י/וʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַבְרָהָ֖םʾabərāhām
O AbrahamnounH85
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הִנֵּֽנִ/יhinēniy
here am IparticleH2009
lo · see
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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David OseiNote1mo ago
God Tested Abraham
The binding of Isaac is introduced immediately as a test. Not deception, not cruelty - explicitly a test. The text is upfront about what's happening, even if Abraham isn't. I teach literature, and th...
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