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What Is Meant To Edify
In the story of Abraham and Isaac the story was meant to edify. Edify is supposed to improve on someone’s moral and intellectual knowledge. The purpose of the play was to get Abraham and god more connected on a personal level. He talked with his son Isaac about going on a trip to sacrifice an animal. On the other hand, Abraham was there to sacrifice is son that he loved very because that is what god wanted. He was going to sacrifice his son because of his relationship with god was suffering so he thought. The play did a good job of edify because Abraham was working on his moral connection with god. He was listening to everything that god was telling him to do. With the people in the story that are trying to better their relationship with

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