Ebook The Pictorial Bible and Commentator

Poor Abraham! Had God said, I will make thy dear son sick; had he even said, In a few hours Isaac shall die: this would not half so much have pained his heart. But to be told to take his son for a sacrifice, and to offer him himself — his only son Isaac — Isaac, whom he loved! Perhaps he wept very bitterly. Perhaps he prayed that Isaac might be Spared. But God's will must be done, and he said nothing against it.