Let's turn to Genesis 22. What we saw in chapter 21 was the birth of the promised son. Remember, God had promised to Abraham and Sarah that through them, all the nations of the earth would be blessed and that he would give them offspring that would lead to a multitude descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. And God did promise additionally to Abraham that he would give Abraham's descendants the land of Canaan as their place to inhabit.