Abraham…
I'm here. I hear you calling.
*
Please take your son, your only one, whom you love… bring him up there as an offering…
Go. Leave all that you love, not knowing if where you're going will take you away forever.
*
Abraham looked up, and perceived the place from afar…
I know where I have to go. I know what I have to do.
*
And Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here by yourselves… while I and the lad go yonder…"
For now, I have to walk this path alone.
*
…we will return to you…
I've no idea who I'll become while I'm gone, but I will come back.
*
And Abraham took the wood for the offering… He took in his hand the fire and the knife…
I see the vessels.
*
Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the offering…
What about me? How can I do this?
*
G-d will seek out for Himself the lamb…
He won't abandon me…
*
…he bound Isaac, his son, and he placed him on the altar atop the wood…
Am I really going to destroy this?
*
…and he took the knife to slaughter his son…
I'm ready.
*
And an angel of HaShem, called to him from heaven…
You're with me.
*
Here I am.
Here I am.