Genesis 22:12 — "And he said, Lay not t…" Meaning & Verse Card (KJV)

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.

Genesis 22:12 (KJV)

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