וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם אַבְרָהָ֜ם בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ֙ אֶת־חֲמֹר֔וֹ וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־שְׁנֵ֤י נְעָרָיו֙ אִתּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֖ת יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֑וֹ וַיְבַקַּע֙ עֲצֵ֣י עֹלָ֔ה וַיָּ֣קָם וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־אָֽמַר־ל֥וֹ הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
האָט אבֿרהם זיך געפֿעדערט אין דער פֿרי, און ער האָט אָנגעזאָטלט זײַן אײזל, און גענומען מיט זיך זײַנע צװײ יונגען, און זײַן זון יצחקן; און ער האָט צעהאַקט דאָס האָלץ פֿאַרן בראַנדאָפּפֿער, און ער איז אױפֿגעשטאַנען, און איז געגאַנגען צו דעם אָרט װאָס גאָט האָט אים געזאָגט.
On the Posterity of Cain and his Exile
[17] This must be borne in mind if we are to understand what we read about Abraham, how, on reaching the place of which God had told him, he looked up on the third day and “seeth the place from afar” (Gen. 22:3 f.). What place? The one which he had reached? And how can it be far off if he is already there?
On Dreams
Witness is borne to what I am saying by this oracle delivered in Abraham’s case: “He came to the place of which God had told him: and lifting up his eyes he saw the place from afar” (Gen. 22:3 f.).
On the Migration of Abraham
[139] This being the case, the Mind, when he has reached the summit, will render the sum of his tribute to God the consummator, in accordance with the all-holy writ, for there is a law that the sum is the Lord’s (Num. 31:28 ff.). When, then, does he render it? When he has arrived “on the third day at the place which God had told him of” (Gen. 22:3), having passed the greater number of the divisions of time, and already quitting them for the existence that is timeless: