OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 22:1

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After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

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Verse 1. God tempted, and so forth God tempteth no man to evil, James 1:13. But by trial and experiment, maketh known to the world and to ourselves, what we are; as here by this trial the singular faith and obedience of Abraham was made manifest. Challoner.

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