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And the Midrash sees father and son somehow both participating in the sacrifice to be, even by implication and hint.
 
And the Midrash sees father and son somehow both participating in the sacrifice to be, even by implication and hint.
 
The Bible - Isaac: "BEHOLD, THE FIRE AND THE WOOD, BUT WHERE IS THE LAMB OF SACRIFICE?" (the Hebrew word for "lamb is 'seh') Abraham: "GOD WILL SEE TO THE LAMB OF SACRIFICE, MY SON."  
 
The Bible - Isaac: "BEHOLD, THE FIRE AND THE WOOD, BUT WHERE IS THE LAMB OF SACRIFICE?" (the Hebrew word for "lamb is 'seh') Abraham: "GOD WILL SEE TO THE LAMB OF SACRIFICE, MY SON."  
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(here be it noted that the Greek word for "you" is "se"(accusative case) sounding exactly like the Hebrew word for "lamb"). So the Midrash adds in the mind of Abraham "And if God will not provide a lamb (Hebrew - seh) for the sacrifice, then it is ''you''(Greek - se), that are that sacrifice, my son!"
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(here be it noted that the Greek word for "you" is "se"(accusative case) sounding exactly like the Hebrew word for "lamb"). So the Midrash adds in the mind of Abraham "And if God will not provide a lamb (Hebrew - seh) for the sacrifice, then it is ''you''(Greek - se), ''Thou'' are that sacrifice, my son!"
    
The unity of father and son in the sacrifice is shown by Midrashic statement on the biblical verse, "And so they went both of them ''together (Yachdav'')" - One to slaughter and one to be slaughtered'.
 
The unity of father and son in the sacrifice is shown by Midrashic statement on the biblical verse, "And so they went both of them ''together (Yachdav'')" - One to slaughter and one to be slaughtered'.

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