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2. Sacrifice of Isaac (Caravaggio) - Wikipedia

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   The faces of Abraham and Isaac are in shadow, but show great emotion. The gestures of the hands are acutely eloquent, and the angel's hand is resting on the ram's head in imitation of the way Abraham's left hand rests on the head of his son. The Patriarch's other hand is holding the knife, but he is already relaxing as he listens to the angel ...

3. Binding of Isaac - Wikipedia

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   On that reading, in the original E version of the binding Abraham disobeys God's command, sacrificing the ram "instead of his son" (v. 13) on his own responsibility and without being stopped by an angel: "And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son; but Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and beheld, behind him ...

4. The Sacrifice of Isaac (Rembrandt) - Wikipedia

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   A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Dutch Wikipedia article at [[:nl:Het offer van Abraham (1635)]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|nl|Het offer van Abraham (1635)}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

5. Abraham and Isaac (Titian) - Wikipedia

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   Abraham was commanded by God to offer up Isaac as a human sacrifice in the land of Moriah. Proceeding to obey, he was prevented by an angel as he was about to sacrifice his son, and slew a ram which he found on the spot. As a reward for his obedience he received another promise of a numerous seed and abundant prosperity. [1] [2]

6. Isaac - Wikipedia

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   Isaac [a] is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.Isaac first appears in the Torah, in which he is the son of Abraham and Sarah, the father of Jacob and Esau, and the grandfather of the twelve tribes of Israel.

7. Highway 61 Revisited (song) - Wikipedia

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   In Verse 1, God tells Abraham to "kill me a son". [2] God wants the killing done on Highway 61. This stanza refers to Genesis 22, in which God commands Abraham to kill one of his two sons, Isaac. Abram, the original name of the biblical Abraham, is the name of Dylan's own father.

8. The Brome play of Abraham and Isaac - Wikipedia

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   The Brome play of Abraham and Isaac (also known as The Brome "Abraham and Isaac", The Brome Abraham, and The Sacrifice of Isaac) is a fifteenth-century play of unknown authorship, written in an East Anglian dialect [1] of Middle English, which dramatises the story of the Akedah, the binding of Isaac.

9. The Parable of the Old Man and the Young - Wikipedia

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   When he makes to sacrifice his son, an angel calls from heaven, and tells Abram not to harm Isaac. Instead, he must offer the "Ram of Pride". Then the last two lines of the poem diverge from the Biblical account, set apart for greater effect: "But the old man would not so, but slew his son, / and half the seed of Europe, one by one." [2]