3. Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place that God had told him about.
4. Two days later Abraham saw the place in the distance.
5. Then Abraham said to his servants, “You stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We’ll worship. After that we’ll come back to you.”
6. Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and gave it to his son Isaac. Abraham carried the burning coals and the knife. The two of them went on together.
7. Isaac spoke up and said, “Father?”“Yes, Son?” Abraham answered.Isaac asked, “We have the burning coals and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”