Some tine later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called.
“Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.”
“Take your son, your only son-yes, Isaac, whom you love so much-and go to the land of Moriah. Go and an sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
The next morning, Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. “Stay here with the donkey, ” Abraham told his servants.”The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and we will come back down.
So Abraham place the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac’s shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them walked on. together, Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“We have the fir and the wood, the boy said, ‘but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”
“God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham answered. And they both walked together. (vv. 1-8, NLT)