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Binding of Isaac
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The Binding of Isaac (Hebrew: עֲקֵידַת יִצְחַק, ʿAqēḏaṯ Yīṣḥaq), or simply "The Binding" (הָעֲקֵידָה, hāʿAqēḏā),[1] is a story from Genesis 22 of the Hebrew Bible.
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In the story, God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac at Moriah.[Gen 22:2-8] Abraham does this by binding (tying) Isaac to an altar,[Gen 22:9] but is stopped by an angel, who says "Do not lay a hand on the boy ... Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son".[Gen 22:12] A ram (male sheep) appears instead, and is sacrificed instead.[Gen 22:13]
In addition to being addressed by modern scholarship, this biblical episode has been the focus of a great deal of commentary in traditional sources of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]