And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].
KJV
Hebrew original
וַ/יְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה וְ/הָ֣/אֱלֹהִ֔ים נִסָּ֖ה אֶת אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔י/ו אַבְרָהָ֖ם וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר הִנֵּֽנִ/י
Louis Segond 1910
Après ces choses, Dieu mit Abraham à l'épreuve, et lui dit: Abraham! Et il répondit: Me voici!
KJV
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].
Philo Judaeus
De Somniis (lib. i-ii)
δὲ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ ἐγώ. καὶ εἶπε· μὴ ἐπιβάλῃς τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὸ παιδάριον, μηδὲ ποιήσῃς αὐτῷ μηδέν„ (Gen. 22,1. 2. 9 — 12). εἷς δὲ δὴ τοῦ φιλικοῦ θιάσου καὶ ὁ ἀσκητὴς ὢν εἰκότως προνομίας τῆς αὐτῆς ἀξιωθεὶς ἀνακαλεῖται· „εἶπε γάρ μοι„ φησίν „ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ θεοῦ καθ’ ὕπνον· Ἰακώβ. ἐ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
on 1: It would seem that to tempt is not proper to the devil. For God is said to tempt, according to Gn. 22:1, "God tempted Abraham." Moreover man is tempted by the flesh and the world. Again, man is said to tempt God, and to tempt man. Therefore it is not proper to the devil to…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
ando Abimelech et Abraham sibi [etiam] juraverunt. Inter. 201. Quid illud: Tentavit Deus Abraham (Gen. XXII, 1) ? Et Jacobus apostolus dicit: Deus neminem tentat (Jac. I, 13) . Quomodo utrumque intelligendum est?--- Resp. Duobus [enim] modis tentatio in Scripturis solet intell…
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