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Chapter 22

Genesis 22:2

Verse

RBT Translation:

And He is saying, `Take, now, אֶת-your builder, אֶת-your united-one746 whom you have loved, אֶת-He-Laughs, and walk to yourself toward the Earth of Vision-of-Yah,747 and cause him to ascend there for an ascending-one748 upon the one of the Mountains of whom I am saying toward you.`

LITV Translation:
And He said, Now take your son, Isaac, your only one whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. And there offer him for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will say to you.
ESV Translation:
He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And he said, Take thy son, the beloved one, whom thou hast loved—Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Footnotes

746

One

Strong’s #3173, yachid. United, unity. Masculine adjective. There is a feminine construct of this word in Psalm 22:20. From the verb yachad (#3173) to unite, to make one. The logic of this word construct is straight-forward. The numeral 1 achad is used as a verb to express the action of making two, one. The noun logically follows as describing the product—a oneness or unity. Words like “solitary” or “only-one” are completely off on this level. Everyone knows the word for “one” in Hebrew is by far one of the most mysterious. There are numerous illustrations to help us understand what’s going on. Consider the double-edged sword,

The Hebrew chad חַד (#2299) means sharp. The double-edged sword comes together at a unified point. The verb chadad חָדַד (#2300) means to be sharp. The word achad means one but is also used once as a verb (#258) in Ezekiel 21:16 in the feminine singular, intensive reflexive Hithpael imperative - הִתְאַחֲדִ֥י. Literally translated, unite yourself, and the context happens to be—you guessed it—a sword:

“For the purpose to melt the heart, and cause to become many the stumbling-ones over the whole of their gates, I have given a turning of the sword. Ah! She is made to a lightning, wrapped up to a massacre. Unite yourself, cause right, set, cause left, wherever your faces are appointed.” Ezekiel 21:15-16 literal



747

Strong’s #4179, Morijah. Seen of Yah. Also referred to as a mountain in 2 Chron 3:1.

748

In other words, “mount of transfiguration”…