Stand where the Temple will stand and look down. In Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis 22:9, the mountain beneath Abraham's feet is not virgin ground. It is the oldest altar in the world.
The Aramaic paraphrase gives the complete archaeology: Abraham builded there the altar which Adam had built, which had been destroyed by the waters of the deluge, which Noah has again builded, and which had been destroyed in the age of divisions.
Four generations of altar-builders. Adam first laid the stones on the spot where he had been formed from the dust — tradition identifies Mount Moriah with the site of Adam's creation. The Flood, taufana in Aramaic, washed it away. Noah rebuilt it after stepping out of the ark (Genesis 8:20). The Tower generation — dara di-palaguta, the age of divisions — scattered it again when humanity split into languages.
Now Abraham rebuilds it a third time. The Targum of Pseudo-Jonathan is connecting every major covenant to this single stone platform. The altar where Isaac will be bound is the same altar where Adam worshipped and Noah gave thanks.
Then the verse turns unbearable: and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. The binding — akeidah — gives the whole chapter its name.
The Maggidim taught that some places in the world are saturated with worship across time. The takeaway: when you stand on holy ground, you are never the first. Altars remember, even when people forget.