Genesis 22:12
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.”
חָשַׂךְ
To spare, to withhold, to keep back. Chasak. One who withholds unduly comes to poverty. Holding back what God intends to flow through you stops the blessing.
יָרֵא
are one fearing
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יָרֵא
Fearing, those who fear. Yare. The desire of those who fear Him He will fulfil. The life surrendered to holy awe of God is the life God honours most fully.
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עָשָׂה
you do
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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שָׁלַח
you stretch out
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שָׁלַח
To send. Shalach. God sent His Son. He still sends people today. You are sent. Every believer is a sent one carrying His authority.
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בֵּן
son/ your
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יָדַע
I know
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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יָחִיד
only son/ your
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יָחִיד
properly, united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced)
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יָד
hand/ your
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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מְאוּמָה
anything
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מְאוּמָה
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
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מִן
from/ me
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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עַתָּה
now
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עַתָּה
at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
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