Binding of Isaac
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The Binding of Isaac, or simply "The Binding", is a story from Genesis 22 of the Hebrew Bible. In the biblical narrative, God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac at Moriah. As Abraham begins to comply, having bound Isaac to an altar, he is stopped by the Angel of the Lord; a ram appears and is slaughtered in Isaac's stead, as God commends Abraham's pious obedience to offer his son as a human sacrifice.
Mosaic "Sacrifice of Isaac" – Basilica of San Vitale (A.D. 547)
The Sacrifice of Isaac by Caravaggio (1603), in the Baroque tenebrist manner
Abraham and Isaac, Rembrandt, 1634
God commands Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice, Domenichino.
Book of Genesis
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The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit. Genesis is an account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, and the origins of the Jewish people.
The Creation of Man by Ephraim Moses Lilien, 1903.
The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, 1512.
The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Pieter Paul Rubens, c. 1615, depicting both domestic and exotic wild animals such as tigers, parrots and ostriches co-existing in the garden
Noah's Ark (1846), by the American folk painter Edward Hicks.