Timeline for answer to Is "grown to love" a reasonable understanding of אהבת in Genesis 22:2? by user35953
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| Jan 20, 2021 at 21:07 | comment | added | user35953 | One can interpret that but it's an interpretation, not a faithful translation of the original Hebrew. As long as one makes this distinction, I'm okay with that. | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 20:59 | comment | added | Revelation Lad | Is your answer: God said "your son, the only one you grew to love, Isaac." | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 20:44 | comment | added | user35953 | When God said that, Ishmael left already. | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 20:38 | comment | added | Revelation Lad | Well if "grew to love" is accurate, then it is God who states Isaac is "your son, the only one you grew to love." | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 20:31 | comment | added | user35953 | Did I assert that Abraham did not grow in love for Isaac? | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 20:22 | comment | added | Revelation Lad | "Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game..." Genesis 25:28 The ability of the older son to interact with his father can lead to a love based on shared interests which is impossible for a younger son, or a son who has no desire to be like his father. So the father may love both, but his love for the "different" son may grow. | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 20:19 | history | edited | user35953 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 20, 2021 at 20:16 | comment | added | Revelation Lad | It appears to me you are making the point to the question. Abraham still loved Ishmael but he had to develop that same love for Isaac. The nature of love between father and son differs from a mother's. Abraham loved both from birth, but a father's love for a teenage son (Ishmael) compared to a toddler (Isaac) can be different. (For example, Isaac had a love for Esau as a hunter, but that was different from when Esau was very young.) After Ishmael left Abraham grew to love Isaac as he had loved Ishmael. IOW it is not that Abraham didn't love Isaac when Ishmael left, his love grew. | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 19:45 | history | answered | user35953 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |