The Unbinding of Abraham

Hineni,
I am here

Hineni,
I hear you,
but I will not do

Hineni,
but I will not sacrifice Isaac

I will not sacrifice Isaac.
Bind me to the altar
and I will be the sacrifice.

Let my offering be pleasing to you,
let it atone for me because I have sinned.

I have sinned
by offering my wife to Pharaoh,
by sacrificing my first-born son,

I have sinned
by pleading for the lives of sinners,
but not for the daughters of Lot,

I have sinned
by righteous obedience to injustice & cruelty.

For all these things, I fall on my face and plead,
for atonement, forgiveness, redemption.

Hineni

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