And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
The hand of a father lifted the knife over his own son, and, lest the sentence fail of execution, in his paternal love he was in the act of striking the blow. He was afraid the stroke would miss, that his right hand would weaken. He felt as a father would, but he did not shrink from his duty to God. On His Brother, Satyrus
