God decides to tempt Abraham by telling him to take his son up to a mountain and sacrifice him to the Lord. Abraham obeys, taking Isaac to the mountain without telling him of his purpose. Abraham ties up his son and places him upon the altar. He raises his knife to kill his son when "the angel of the Lord" interrupts him, essentially saying that the Lord did not want Abraham to sacrifice his son, He just wanted to see if Abraham would do it. God is pleased with Abraham's performance. Just then, as if divinely arranged, Abraham just happens to find a ram "caught in a thicket by his horns." Abraham frees it, kills it, and burns it for the Lord. Ahh, the precious, burning carcasses of innocents.
One can only imagine the terror Isaac suffered at the hands of his father.
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