Then, after the old man had bound the wood on the boy’s back, he was suddenly overcome with misery.
“Oh! my heart will break in three,
To hear thy words I have pity,”
he exclaimed. But the cry of despair was immediately followed by
“As thou wilt, Lord, so must it be.”
Still wondering and afraid, Isaac spoke:
“Are you anything adread? (he asked)
Father, if it be your will,
Where is the beast that we shall kill?”
And when Abraham told him that he saw no animal at all, the boy went on in a shaking voice: