Genesis 22:2 · WEB
“He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."”
— Genesis 22:2
Era
Patriarchs (~2000 BC)
Emotion
anxious
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
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This verse is part of Genesis 22. The full chapter reveals the story around it.
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