Genesis 22:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He carried the fire and the knife in his own hands, and the two of them walked on together.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־עֲצֵ֣י הָעֹלָ֗ה וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙ עַל־יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֔וֹ וַיִּקַּ֣ח בְּיָד֔וֹ אֶת־הָאֵ֖שׁ וְאֶת־הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם יַחְדָּֽו׃

Transliteration

wə-yiqqaḥ ʾabrāhām ʾet-ʿăṣê the-ʿōlāh wə-yāśem upon-yiṣḥāq bənô wə-yiqqaḥ in-yādô ʾet-the-ʾēš and-ʾet-the-maʾăkelet wə-yēləkû two-of-them yaḥdāw

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiqqaḥ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took
• *ʿăṣê*: masculine plural construct noun - wood of
• *ʿōlāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the burnt offering
• *wə-yāśem*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he placed/put
• *bənô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his son
• *yādô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix + preposition - in his hand
• *ʾēš*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the fire
• *maʾăkelet*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the knife
• *wə-yēləkû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went
• *yaḥdāw*: adverb - together

Word Meanings

• *yāśem*: placed/put/laid
• *maʾăkelet*: knife/sacrificial knife/slaughtering knife
• *yaḥdāw*: together/unitedly/as one

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them tother.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Abraham toke the wodd of the sacrifyce and layde it vpon Isaac his sonne and toke fyre in his hande and a knyfe. And they went both of them together.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Abraha toke the wodd to the brentofferynge, and layed it vpon Isaac his sonne. As for him self, he toke the fyre and a knyfe in his hande, and wente on both together.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Abraham tooke the wood of the burnt offering, and layed it vpon Izhak his sonne, and he tooke the fire in his hand, and the knife: and they went both together.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Abraham toke the wood of the burnt offeryng, and layde it vpon Isahac his sonne: but he him selfe toke fire in his hande and a knyfe, and they went both of them together.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both of them together.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. And they went both of them together.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Abraham put the wood for the burned offering on his son's back, and he himself took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them went on together.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them walked on together.

Referenced Verses

• John 19:17 : 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place called The Place of the Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
• Isa 53:6 : 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Matt 8:17 : 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 'He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.'
• Luke 24:26-27 : 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?" 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.