2. beloved. Heb. uses a term that is not the regular adjective for
“one,” but a noun meaning “the unique one, one and only.” Isaac, of course, was
not an only son (21:11). The correct rendering is already found in LXX, and the
meaning is reinforced in Heb. by the phrase that immediately follows. (E.
A. Speiser, Genesis: Introduction,
Translation, and Notes [AYB1; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008], 163)
