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Genesis 22:1-7

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The Offering of Isaac

1 Now it came about after these things, that 1God tested Abraham, and said to him, "2Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
2 He said, "Take now 3your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of 4Moriah, and offer him there as a 5burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.
5 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over * there *; and we will worship and return to you."
6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and 6laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.
7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the 7lamb for the burnt offering?"
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Genesis 22:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 22

In this chapter we have an account of an order given by God to Abraham to sacrifice his son, Ge 22:1,2; of his readiness to obey the will of God, he immediately preparing everything for that purpose, Ge 22:3-10, of the order being reversed, and another sacrifice substituted in its room, which occasioned the giving a new name to the place where it was done, Ge 22:11-14; upon which the promise of special blessings, of a numerous offspring, and of the seed in whom all nations should be blessed, is renewed, Ge 22:15-18; after this Abraham returns to Beersheba, where he is informed of the increase of his brother Nahor's family, Ge 22:19-24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

  • 1. Deuteronomy 8:2, 16; Hebrews 11:17; James 1:12-14
  • 2. Genesis 22:11
  • 3. Genesis 22:12, 16; John 3:16; 1 John 4:9
  • 4. 2 Chronicles 3:1
  • 5. Genesis 8:20
  • 6. John 19:17
  • 7. Exodus 29:38-42; John 1:29, 36; Revelation 13:8
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