Who was it of whom God did say, “Take now thine only son,
And on a mountain offer him and I’ll tell thee which one"?
Who was the brother of the man who was the friend of God,
Of whom he heard some news, as at Beer-Sheba he abode?
Who was it said to his young men,
Abide here with the ass,
And taking wood, and fire and knife, he on his way did pass?
On what day did Abraham lift up his eyes and see,
The place which God did tell him of and told him there to be?
From whence did Abraham hear the angel’s voice when to him he did call, And say, “Lay not thine hand upon the lad; nor do him harm at all"?
When Abraham an altar built and wood thereon did lay,
Who did he bind and lay thereon just as the Lord did say?
When in the morning one arose and saddled up his ass,
What did he to the wood before he on his way did pass?
When on the altar Isaac lay, bound, and laid on the wood,
What was it in his hand he took, who on the mountain stood?
Whose gate was it that God did say would surely be possessed,
And also that in them the future nations would be blessed?
How many young men went that day with their master and his son,
And started on their journey when day had not long begun?
ML-01/15/1978