וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִצְחָ֜ק אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֤ם אָבִיו֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אָבִ֔י וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֶּ֣נִּֽי בְנִ֑י וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֤ה הָאֵשׁ֙ וְהָ֣עֵצִ֔ים וְאַיֵּ֥ה הַשֶּׂ֖ה לְעֹלָֽה׃
And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said: ‘My father.’ And he said: ‘Here am I, my son.’ And he said: ‘Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?’
Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita
The only son, tender and light as a deer, answered and said to his father, “Behold we are bringing the fire and wood, but there is no offering to bring.”
Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita
He answered him with words that would not terrify him; his father said to him, “God Himself will show [the lamb], and Adonoy will let us know that which is His [sacrifice].”