Binding of Isaac
The Binding of Isaac (, ), or simply "The Binding" (, ), is a story from Genesis 22 of the Hebrew Bible.
In the story, God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac at Moriah. Abraham does this by binding (tying) Isaac to an altar, but is is stopped by an angel, who says "Do not lay a hand on the boy ... Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son". A ram (male sheep) appears instead, and is sacrificed instead.
In addition to being addressed by modern scholarship, this biblical episode has been the focus of a great deal of commentary in traditional sources of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
References
Hebrew Bible