Suggestions: Use as an anthem. 4 readers - a woman as storyteller, a boy, a young man, an older man

Key: 1 = storyteller, 2 = God, 3 = Abraham, 4 = Isaac

(Read the "he saids" quietly in a smooth rhythm with speakers to avoid monotony.)

1: After [Abraham's agreement with Abimelech] God tested Abraham. He said to him,

2: "Abraham!"

1: And he said,

3: "Here I am."

1: He said,

2: "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you."

1: So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had s…