Holy Scripture
Genesis 22:10
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“The father's hand stretched out the knife over his son, and the father's heart struck the blow that the sentence might not fail of being carried out; he feared lest the stroke should miss, lest his right hand should fail. He felt the movings of fatherly affection, but did not shrink from the work of submission, and ha…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
10And Abraham stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay his son.
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8And Abraham said, God will provide himself a sheep for a whole burnt offering, my son. And both having gone together,
9came to the place which God spoke of to him; and there Abraham built the altar, and laid the wood on it, and having bound the feet of Isaac his son together, he laid him on the altar upon the wood.
— Genesis 22:10 —
11And an angel of the Lord called him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Behold, I am here.
12And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that thou fearest God, and for my sake thou hast not spared thy beloved son.