the parable of the old man and the young

so abram rose

and clave the wood

and went

and took the fire with him

and a knife. and as they sojourned both of them together

isaac the first-born spake and said

my father

behold the preparations

fire and iron

but where the lamb for this burnt-offering?

then abram bound the youth with belts and straps

and builded parapets and trenches there

and stretched forth the knife to slay his son. when lo! an angel called him out of heaven

saying

lay not thy hand upon the lad

neither do anything to him

thy son. behold! caught in a thicket by its horns

a ram. offer the ram of pride instead. but the old man would not so

but slew his son

and half the seed of europe

one by one.