Genesis 22: Here I Am Once Again

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Sep 29, 2025 · 4m

Chapter 22 opens with Hashem’s emotional command:

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָאֱלֹקִים: קַח נָא אֶת־בִּנְךָ אֶת־יְחִידְךָ אֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתָּ אֶת־יִצְחָק וְלֶךְ־לְךָ אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַמֹּרִיָּה וְהַעֲלֵהוּ שָׁם לְעֹלָה עַל אַחַד הֶהָרִים אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ׃

"Take your son, your favored one, whom you love, Isaac, and go to (lech lecha) the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the heights that I will point out to you." (Bereishit 22:2)

The phrase "Lech Lecha" immediately recalls the beginning of Abraham’s journey in Chapter 12:

וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל־אַבְרָם: לֶךְ־לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ…