Quotes about Sacrifice
to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
— Genesis 13:4
And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
— Genesis 15:9
So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
— Genesis 15:10
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
— Genesis 15:17
Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
— Genesis 18:8
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
— Genesis 19:8
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
— Genesis 21:4
Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
— Genesis 21:14
Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
— Genesis 21:28
Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
— Genesis 22:1
“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
— Genesis 22:2
So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
— Genesis 22:3