There are three verses that refer to Isaac as Abraham's only son. Three mentions is usually significant. If the inserted son is removed, it is even more emphatic.

Gen. 22:2 -And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Gen. 22:12 - 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.

Gen. 22:16 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:

The only angle I found that makes sense is that there are two Abrahams. One of one Yahweh, and one of True Yahweh (True Yahweh had only Isaac, not Isaac and Ishmael). The incident with Isaac and "only son" references were clues. Once I followed that rabbit trail, I saw other 'doubles'. This line of thinking also makes sense of some of the passages of Jesus.

Anyway, that's the current view from here. Likely not to be popular, but my goal is Truth, and I follow where the signposts point.

There are three verses that refer to Isaac as Abraham's only son. Three mentions is usually significant. If the inserted son is removed, it is even more emphatic.

Gen. 22:2 -And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Gen. 22:12 - 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.

Gen. 22:16 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:

The only angle I found that makes sense is that there are two Abrahams. One of Yahweh, and the other of Another Yahweh (the who had only Isaac, not Isaac and Ishmael). The incident with Isaac and "only son" references were clues. Once I followed that rabbit trail, I saw other 'doubles'. This line of thinking also makes sense of some of the passages of Jesus.

Anyway, that's the current view from here. Likely not to be popular, but my goal is Truth, so I follow where the signposts point.

[Edited to remove "Yahweh vs True Yahweh. That was an incorrect conclusion when the matter is far from being resolved.]

There are three verses that refer to Isaac as Abraham's only son. Three mentions is usually significant. If the inserted son is removed, it is even more emphatic.

Gen. 22:2 -And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Gen. 22:12 - 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.

Gen. 22:16 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:

The only angle I found that makes sense is that there are two Abrahams. One of one Yahweh, and one of True Yahweh (True Yahweh had only Isaac, not Isaac and Esau). The incident with Isaac and "only son" references were clues. Once I followed that rabbit trail, I saw other 'doubles'. This line of thinking also makes sense of some of the passages of Jesus.

Anyway, that's the current view from here. Likely not to be popular, but my goal is Truth, and I follow where the signposts point.

There are three verses that refer to Isaac as Abraham's only son. Three mentions is usually significant. If the inserted son is removed, it is even more emphatic.

Gen. 22:2 -And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Gen. 22:12 - 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.

Gen. 22:16 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:

The only angle I found that makes sense is that there are two Abrahams. One of one Yahweh, and one of True Yahweh (True Yahweh had only Isaac, not Isaac and Ishmael). The incident with Isaac and "only son" references were clues. Once I followed that rabbit trail, I saw other 'doubles'. This line of thinking also makes sense of some of the passages of Jesus.

Anyway, that's the current view from here. Likely not to be popular, but my goal is Truth, and I follow where the signposts point.