One last time, Isaac’s mom heard the voice of God calling to her.
“You've done as I've asked, but I still question your devotion to me. To prove your faith, I will ask one more thing of you."
"Yes Lord, anything!” Isaac’s mother begged.
"To prove your love and devotion, I require a sacrifice. Your son, Isaac, will be this sacrifice. Go into his room and end his life, as an offering to me to prove you love me above all else."
"Yes Lord", she replied, grabbing a butcher’s knife from the kitchen.
Isaac, watching through a crack in his door, trembled in fear.
Scrambling around his room to find a hiding place, he noticed a trap door to the basement hidden under his rug.
Without hesitation, he flung open the hatch, just as his mother burst through his door, and threw himself down into the unknown depths below.
“You've done as I've asked, but I still question your devotion to me. To prove your faith, I will ask one more thing of you."
"Yes Lord, anything!” Isaac’s mother begged.
"To prove your love and devotion, I require a sacrifice. Your son, Isaac, will be this sacrifice. Go into his room and end his life, as an offering to me to prove you love me above all else."
"Yes Lord", she replied, grabbing a butcher’s knife from the kitchen.
Isaac, watching through a crack in his door, trembled in fear.
Scrambling around his room to find a hiding place, he noticed a trap door to the basement hidden under his rug.
Without hesitation, he flung open the hatch, just as his mother burst through his door, and threw himself down into the unknown depths below.
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