This midrash attempts to answer one of the central questions that the story of the Akedah leaves unanswered: what went through Isaac’s mind while he was walking to the sacrifice with his father? It also provides a possible interpretation of the "togetherness" emphasized in the Torah where it is written: “…so they went both of them together.”

Suggested activity: Read this midrash together in class and ask: What is the question the midrash tries to answer? What is the answer that it gives to this question?