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Genesis 22:5

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22:5So he11 said to his servants, “You two stay12 here with the donkey while13 the boy and I go up there. We will worship14 and then return to you.”15

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  1. 11 Heb “And Abraham.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.
  2. 12 The Hebrew verb is masculine plural, referring to the two young servants who accompanied Abraham and Isaac on the journey.
  3. 13 The disjunctive clause (with the compound subject preceding the verb) may be circumstantial and temporal.
  4. 14 This Hebrew word literally means “to bow oneself close to the ground.” It often means “to worship.”
  5. 15 It is impossible to know what Abraham was thinking when he said, “we will … return to you.” When he went he knew (1) that he was to sacrifice Isaac, and (2) that God intended to fulfill his earlier promises through Isaac. How he reconciled those facts is not clear in the text. Heb 11:17–19 suggests that Abraham believed God could restore Isaac to him through resurrection.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there to worship; then we’ll come back to you.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told the servants. “The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Abraham said to his servants, “You stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go up there. We will worship, then we will return to you.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.