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Genesis 22:10

American Standard Version

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

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Genesis 22:10 in other translations

Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

Genesis 22:10 · World English Bible

Genesis 22:10 in context

  1. 8And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son: so they went both of them together.
  2. 9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
  3. 10And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
  4. 11And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
  5. 12And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.