Reply #63: Have you noticed that in 22:1-2 ".. G-d said .. Take .. your son .. and sacrifice him .."

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and never speaks again in the chapter: in 22:11-12 ".. the angel .. said .. 'Lay not .. hands on the boy!'" and Abraham desists, at which point the blessing comes?

And following this incident, the beginning of the next chapter is ".. and Sarah died .." The interpretation you consider a stretch is a very old interpretation. Your objection to this follows from what you consider significant in the text and want to examine closely -- namely, reported ages. Very well: you may choose what you think it important, and I will choose what I think important, and we will disagree.