servants accompanied the father and son, but Abraham told them to stay back while I and the boy go over there. He also told the servants he was going to worship. Abraham also told the servants, We will come back to you. This could hardly have been wishful thinking or carefully couched language to throw off any apprehension they might have had about this event. On the other hand, there is no evidence that Abraham knew God would provide a different kind of sacrifice and Isaac would be unharmed. In