together to Beersheba” (22:19). No Isaac? What happened to him? In fact, after this narrative, father and son are never shown speaking to each other again in Genesis. After the test, it is as if Isaac has altogether vanished. But the author is doing something with what he is saying. A line had been drawn; the relationship between father and son had been clarified; the tension between love (fear) of God and love of son had been resolved. Now Abraham so loved God that he gave his only begotten son.