Season 8 • Episode 4 Genesis 22

The Raised Knife

Story Time: Abraham, Isaac & The Two Sons Bound Upon the Wood of Moriah

Abraham and Isaac climb Mount Moriah with the heavy wood upon the son's shoulders until two weapons hang suspended in the air.

Theme Verse (Genesis 22:9–10): “When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.”

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Abraham, Isaac & The Two Sons Bound Upon the Wood of Moriah

Main Characters in S8E4 (2)

S9 Main Cast

Abraham

Father of the covenant nation and head of the Messianic genealogy — who split the altar wood before dawn, climbed Mount Moriah for three days with his promised son Isaac, and named the mountain Jehovah Jireh.

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S9 Main Cast

Isaac

The miracle son of Abraham and Sarah who carried the altar wood up Mount Moriah, asked 'Where is the lamb for a burnt offering?', and was spared when God provided the ram in the thicket.

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Storytime Side Characters & Mentioned Figures (3)

S12 Storytime

The Angel of the LORD

The heavenly Messenger of Yahweh who calls from heaven to stay Abraham's knife on Mount Moriah and presides as Advocate over Joshua the High Priest's cleansing in Zechariah 3.

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S9 Main Cast

The Ram Caught in the Thicket

The substitute ram discovered behind Abraham on Mount Moriah with its horns entangled in a thicket of thorns — offered up 'instead of his son' as a prophetic shadow of Christ crowned with thorns.

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Jesus Christ

The eternal Son of God and promised Messiah — who calmed the Galilean storm, washed His disciples' feet, bore our judgment on the cross, rose as Firstfruits, and returns on a white horse as King of Kings.

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Original Greek & Hebrew Root Words in S8E4

Hebrew • H4179

Moriyyah — “Mount Moriah”

Literally 'Chosen by Yahweh' or 'Seen of Yahweh'; the specific limestone ridge where Abraham built the altar and Solomon later built the Temple.

Hebrew • H5930

Olah — “Burnt Offering”

An offering that 'ascends' in smoke; a sacrifice wholly consumed by fire on the altar with nothing kept back by the worshiper.

Hebrew • H6123

Aqad — “Bound to the Wood”

To tie or bind the limbs of a sacrifice; occurs only once in the entire Old Testament (Genesis 22) to describe the binding of Isaac.